François Morellet
French · 1926–2016 · Painter, Printmaker
François Morellet was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
5 trames de grillage 0° 18° 36° 54° 72°Ketterer Kunst · €206,250≈ $242,426≈ £180,956Sign up to see
Tirets 0° 90°Ketterer Kunst · €187,500≈ $227,381≈ £173,045Sign up to see
2 carrés formant un angle de 30° avec le mur et ayant un côté commun avec un angle droit de néonGrisebach · €162,500≈ $197,454≈ £146,828Sign up to see
François Morellet’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).
Price trend
8 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.
1 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 | 39 | 34 | 87% | $52.9kSign up | $30.9kSign up | $242kSign up |
| Oil | 10 | 10 | 100% | $22.5kSign up | $14.9kSign up | $70.7kSign up |
| Acrylic | 26 | 21 | 81% | $61.1kSign up | $34.3kSign up | $227kSign up |
| Mixed media | 2 | 2 | 100% | $125kSign up | $125kSign up | $242kSign up |
| Works on paper | 6 | 6 | 100% | $12.8kSign up | $9.2kSign up | $26.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 100% | $17.9kSign up | $22.8kSign up | $26.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 44 | 41 | 93% | $2.6kSign up | $698Sign up | $23.5kSign up |
| Etching | 2 | 2 | 100% | $860Sign up | $860Sign up | $1.4kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $296Sign up | $296Sign up | $340Sign up |
| Screenprint | 30 | 28 | 93% | $1.5kSign up | $746Sign up | $5.1kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 6 | 100% | $557Sign up | $523Sign up | $756Sign up |
| Multiple | 4 | 3 | 75% | $19.1kSign up | $20.7kSign up | $23.5kSign up |
| Sculpture | 11 | 11 | 100% | $18kSign up | $13.8kSign up | $62.3kSign up |
| Other | 19 | 16 | 84% | $18.5kSign up | $18.3kSign up | $45.8kSign 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 | 2 | 1 | $709Sign up |
| 2025 | 16 | 12 | $10.5kSign up |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $1kSign up |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | $645Sign up |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | $20.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | $7.1kSign up |
| 2020 | 13 | 11 | $22.5kSign up |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 | $22.1kSign up |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | $179kSign up |
| 2017 | 10 | 9 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | $4kSign up |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | $17kSign up |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | $26.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | $5.1kSign up |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | $19.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | $8.8kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $29kSign up |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | $12.2kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | $3.2kSign up |