Gisèle Freund

German · 1908–2000 · Photographer

Gisèle Freund was a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists. Her best-known book,… (Wikipedia)

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62lots offered2002–2025years recorded73%sold (44)$1.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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James Joyce mit Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach in der Buchhandlung Shakespeare & Co., ParisGrisebach · May 2012€5,124≈ $6,373≈ £4,088Sign up to see
Jean-Paul Sartre und Simone de Beauvoir bei der Arbeit, Boulevard Raspail 222, ParisGrisebach · Nov 2012€4,270≈ $5,504≈ £3,445Sign up to see
Simone de Beauvoir, ParisLempertz · Dec 2025€3,780≈ $4,411≈ £3,313Sign up to see

Gisèle Freund’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).

ArtSell has recorded 60 auction results for Gisèle Freund between 2002 and 2025, of which 44 sold (73%). A further 2 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $396Sign up free to see to $6.4kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $6.4kSign up free to see for James Joyce mit Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach in der Buchhandlung Shakespeare & Co., Paris at Grisebach in May 2012. The most common medium is photographs (60 lots). Most results come from Lempertz (50), Grisebach (2) and OstLicht Photo Auction (2).

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Portrait of André Malraux
Photograph
15½ h x 10½ w in (39 x 27 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025 · Lot 295
$396≈ £296≈ €338Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Alberto Giacometti, 1964
Photograph
48 x 40.6 cm
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025 · Lot 613
€1,512≈ $1,764≈ £1,325Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–2,000View at Lempertz ↗
Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, 1935
Photograph
18.1 x 29.7 cm
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025 · Lot 616
€3,780≈ $4,411≈ £3,313Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,800–2,000View at Lempertz ↗
Frida Kahlo and the doctor Juan Farill at her home in Coyoacán, Mexico City, 1951
Photograph
21 x 21 cm
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025 · Lot 617
€2,142≈ $2,499≈ £1,878Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗
Frida Kahlo in her garden, Coyoacán, Mexico City, c. 1951
Photograph
24.3 x 19.8 cm
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025 · Lot 618
€2,394≈ $2,793≈ £2,099Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,200–1,500View at Lempertz ↗
Self portrait (Double exposure with Horst Schade), 1933
Photograph
27.2 x 34.5 cm (30.6 x 40.5 cm)
Lempertz · May 30, 2025 · Lot 665
€2,016≈ $2,286≈ £1,696Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,000–1,500View at Lempertz ↗
Diego Rivera in front of his temple, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Mexico, c. 1951
Photograph
20.3 x 19.5 cm
Lempertz · May 30, 2025 · Lot 668
€819≈ $929≈ £689Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗
Diego Rivera in front of his temple, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Mexico, c. 1951
Photograph
20.6 x 19.4 cm (25.8 x 20.3 cm)
Lempertz · May 30, 2025 · Lot 669
€756≈ $857≈ £636Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗
Diego Rivera construit sa tombe, c. 1951
Photograph
30 x 23.2 cm
Lempertz · May 30, 2025 · Lot 670
€1,071≈ $1,214≈ £901Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗
Diego Rivera construit sa tombe, c. 1951
Photograph
26.7 x 25 cm
Lempertz · May 30, 2025 · Lot 671
€756≈ $857≈ £636Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗

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Gisèle Freund photographs (60)

Gisèle Freund: quick facts

What is the highest price paid for a work by Gisèle Freund at auction?

$6,373Sign up free to see, for James Joyce mit Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach in der Buchhandlung Shakespeare & Co., Paris at Grisebach (May 2012) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.

What is a typical auction price for Gisèle Freund?

The median sale price is $1.4kSign up free to see across 44 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.

How many works by Gisèle Freund have sold at auction?

44 of 60 recorded lots sold between 2002 and 2025. 2 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.

Which auction houses sell Gisèle Freund?

Lempertz, Grisebach and OstLicht Photo Auction account for the most recorded results. Lempertz · Grisebach · OstLicht Photo Auction

About Gisèle Freund

Gisèle Freund was a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists. Her best-known book, Photographie et société (1974), is an expanded edition of her seminal 1936 dissertation. It was the first sociohistorical study on photography as a democratic medium of self-representation in the age of technological reproduction. With this first doctoral thesis on photography at the Sorbonne, she was one of the first women habilitated there.

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