Henri Matisse

French · 1869–1954 · Painter, Printmaker

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and… (Wikipedia)

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708lots offered1996–2026years recorded87%sold (543)$6.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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Nu allongé I (Aurore)Phillips · Mar 2018£14,859,000≈ $20,630,236≈ €16,609,158Sign up to see
Jeune fille dormant à la blouse roumainePhillips · Nov 2017$4,815,000≈ £3,648,004≈ €4,090,562Sign up to see
Le TiaréPhillips · Nov 2017$1,455,000≈ £1,102,356≈ €1,236,089Sign up to see

Henri Matisse’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).

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Average price

$71.8kSign up free to see

median $6.6kfree account

High

$21MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

543

of 623 offered · 1996–2026

Sell-through

87%

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.

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

85 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	4	2	50%	$731kSign up	$731kSign up	$775kSign up
Oil	2	2	100%	$731kSign up	$731kSign up	$775kSign up
Mixed media	2	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Works on paper	65	51	78%	$178kSign up	$42kSign up	$4.8MSign up
Drawing	58	45	78%	$201kSign up	$52.5kSign up	$4.8MSign up
Prints & multiples	513	463	90%	$9.1kSign up	$5.5kSign up	$176kSign up
Etching	110	101	92%	$12.2kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$117kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$281Sign up	$281Sign up	$281Sign up
Aquatint	27	25	93%	$20.6kSign up	$20.3kSign up	$68.8kSign up
Drypoint	21	16	76%	$6.2kSign up	$6kSign up	$10.6kSign up
Lithograph	293	265	90%	$7.5kSign up	$4.4kSign up	$176kSign up
Screenprint	11	10	91%	$1.8kSign up	$997Sign up	$6.7kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	22	19	86%	$4.4kSign up	$953Sign up	$25.4kSign up
Print (other)	27	25	93%	$11.8kSign up	$6.4kSign up	$89.8kSign up
Multiple	1	1	100%	$405Sign up	$405Sign up	$405Sign up
Sculpture	9	5	56%	$4.7MSign up	$804kSign up	$21MSign up
Other	32	22	69%	$22.6kSign up	$6.7kSign up	$154kSign 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	52	49	$6.1kSign up
2025	78	62	$4.6kSign up
2024	44	37	$6.6kSign up
2023	34	28	$10.1kSign up
2022	46	36	$8kSign up
2021	53	46	$2.9kSign up
2020	51	44	$7.3kSign up
2019	42	34	$3.7kSign up
2018	46	44	$16.2kSign up
2017	30	30	$9.8kSign up
2016	22	21	$7.5kSign up
2015	18	14	$5.1kSign up
2014	11	10	$9kSign up
2013	14	14	$7.8kSign up
2012	7	6	$2.3kSign up
2011	8	8	$9.8kSign up
2010	14	7	$9.7kSign up
2009	7	7	$10.4kSign up
2008	7	7	$14.8kSign up
2007	7	7	$2.6kSign up
2006	8	8	$11.2kSign up
2005	6	6	$4kSign up
2004	6	6	$2kSign up
2003	9	9	$926Sign up
2002	2	2	$3.2kSign up
1996	1	1	—Sign up