Henri Michaux
French · 1899–1984 · Painter, Draughtsman
Henri Michaux was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Peinture mescalinienneKetterer Kunst · €412,500≈ $500,239≈ £380,699Sign up to see
Ohne TitelLempertz · €36,000≈ $55,829≈ £28,296Sign up to see
Ohne TitelLempertz · €35,700≈ $47,967≈ £24,249Sign up to see
Henri Michaux’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 66 auction results for Henri Michaux between 2002 and 2025, of which 60 sold (91%). A further 3 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $141Sign up free to see to $500kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $500kSign up free to see for Peinture mescalinienne at Ketterer Kunst in December 2020. The most common medium is drawings (28 lots). Most results come from Lempertz (21), Ketterer Kunst (13) and Phillips (10).
66 results · page 1 of 2
- CHF 2,000≈ $2,448≈ £1,819≈ €2,127Sign up free to see
- Sans titre, 1950CHF 1,600≈ $1,958≈ £1,455≈ €1,702Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1977€3,780≈ $4,286≈ £3,180Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1948$17,640≈ £13,927≈ €16,747Sign up free to see
- Ohne Titel, 1979€5,676≈ $6,185≈ £4,745Sign up free to see
- Untitled, Around 1958€6,552≈ $7,123≈ £5,573Sign up free to see
- Untitled, Around 1958€6,300≈ $6,849≈ £5,358Sign up free to see
- Untitled, Around 1982€4,410≈ $4,795≈ £3,751Sign up free to see
- Ohne Titel, 1957€5,715≈ $6,181≈ £4,864Sign up free to see
- Ohne Titel, 1957€5,715≈ $6,181≈ £4,864Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (3)
Lots by Henri Michaux that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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Henri Michaux: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Henri Michaux at auction?
$500,239Sign up free to see, for Peinture mescalinienne at Ketterer Kunst (December 2020) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Henri Michaux?
The median sale price is $6.9kSign up free to see across 60 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Henri Michaux have sold at auction?
60 of 66 recorded lots sold between 2002 and 2025. 3 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.
Which auction houses sell Henri Michaux?
Lempertz, Ketterer Kunst and Phillips account for the most recorded results. Lempertz · Ketterer Kunst · Phillips
About Henri Michaux
Henri Michaux was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York had shows of his work in 1978. His autobiographical texts that chronicle his psychedelic experiments with LSD and mescaline include Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones. He is recognised for his idiosyncratic travelogues and books of art criticism. Michaux is also known for his stories about Plume – "a peaceable man" – one of the most unenterprising heroes in literature, a character subject to many misfortunes.
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