Fernand Léger

French · 1881–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more… (Wikipedia)

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350lots offered1999–2026years recorded86%sold (273)$3.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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Fernand Léger’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Average price

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median $3.3kfree account

High

$18MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

273

of 317 offered · 1999–2026

Sell-through

86%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

48 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

33 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

2 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	10	8	80%	$3MSign up	$1.1MSign up	$18MSign up
Oil	10	8	80%	$3MSign up	$1.1MSign up	$18MSign up
Works on paper	91	75	82%	$91.6kSign up	$33.3kSign up	$1.7MSign up
Watercolor	9	7	78%	$98kSign up	$29.2kSign up	$261kSign up
Gouache	53	41	77%	$134kSign up	$40.6kSign up	$1.7MSign up
Drawing	28	26	93%	$22.7kSign up	$13.4kSign up	$67.5kSign up
Prints & multiples	173	156	90%	$2.4kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$35.8kSign up
Etching	5	4	80%	$1.7kSign up	$1.7kSign up	$2.5kSign up
Aquatint	2	2	100%	$1.8kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$2.3kSign up
Drypoint	2	1	50%	$820Sign up	$820Sign up	$820Sign up
Lithograph	124	116	94%	$2.8kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$35.8kSign up
Screenprint	29	25	86%	$1.4kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$3.4kSign up
Print (other)	11	8	73%	$263Sign up	$167Sign up	$880Sign up
Sculpture	15	13	87%	$26.5kSign up	$31.1kSign up	$43.8kSign up
Other	28	21	75%	$60.1kSign up	$9.4kSign up	$808kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	18	15	$3.2kSign up
2025	21	17	$2.5kSign up
2024	21	16	$642Sign up
2023	26	25	$21.9kSign up
2022	30	23	$11.5kSign up
2021	27	25	$3kSign up
2020	15	12	$2.3kSign up
2019	20	14	$3.4kSign up
2018	19	18	$17.4kSign up
2017	10	10	$2.5kSign up
2016	7	5	$57.7kSign up
2015	8	7	$4.1kSign up
2014	5	5	$2.6kSign up
2013	4	2	$4.3kSign up
2012	6	2	$5.1kSign up
2011	9	7	$1.7kSign up
2010	7	7	$18.9kSign up
2009	10	9	$4.6kSign up
2008	5	5	$6kSign up
2007	13	13	$7.1kSign up
2006	6	6	$2.2kSign up
2005	6	6	$2.9kSign up
2004	12	12	$1.1kSign up
2003	6	6	$1.4kSign up
2002	2	2	$2.3kSign up
2001	3	3	$863Sign up
1999	1	1	$378Sign up