Jean Dubuffet
French · 1901–1985 · Painter, Printmaker
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
La féconde journéePhillips · £4,378,500≈ $6,041,454≈ €5,047,163Sign up to see
Inspecteurs Sinoque et DinguePhillips · $4,900,000≈ £3,985,684≈ €4,569,191Sign up to see
Barbe des ritesPhillips · $3,077,000≈ £2,133,250≈ €2,700,307Sign up to see
Jean Dubuffet’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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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
21 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.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 34 | 30 | 88% | $1.1MSign up | $698kSign up | $4.9MSign up |
| Oil | 23 | 19 | 83% | $1.2MSign up | $808kSign up | $3.1MSign up |
| Acrylic | 8 | 8 | 100% | $1.2MSign up | $683kSign up | $4.9MSign up |
| Mixed media | 2 | 2 | 100% | $61kSign up | $61kSign up | $83.6kSign up |
| Works on paper | 76 | 68 | 89% | $221kSign up | $62kSign up | $6MSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 1 | 100% | $32.5kSign up | $32.5kSign up | $32.5kSign up |
| Gouache | 8 | 7 | 88% | $299kSign up | $213kSign up | $1.1MSign up |
| Drawing | 33 | 33 | 100% | $45.3kSign up | $25kSign up | $156kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 194 | 175 | 90% | $13.3kSign up | $5kSign up | $305kSign up |
| Lithograph | 93 | 81 | 87% | $6.6kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $83.3kSign up |
| Screenprint | 87 | 80 | 92% | $9.1kSign up | $5.7kSign up | $151kSign up |
| Print (other) | 9 | 9 | 100% | $43.4kSign up | $675Sign up | $200kSign up |
| Multiple | 5 | 5 | 100% | $136kSign up | $57.9kSign up | $305kSign up |
| Sculpture | 2 | 2 | 100% | $301kSign up | $301kSign up | $567kSign up |
| Other | 22 | 14 | 64% | $15.3kSign up | $6.9kSign up | $60.3kSign 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 | 22 | 19 | $27kSign up |
| 2025 | 45 | 41 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2024 | 31 | 26 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2023 | 28 | 25 | $20.3kSign up |
| 2022 | 17 | 14 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 20 | 19 | $5kSign up |
| 2020 | 15 | 12 | $17.5kSign up |
| 2019 | 36 | 35 | $30.1kSign up |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | $32.5kSign up |
| 2017 | 13 | 11 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2016 | 18 | 16 | $22.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2014 | 13 | 11 | $16.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 9 | 7 | $8.8kSign up |
| 2012 | 8 | 4 | $9kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $66.6kSign up |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | $20.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $300Sign up |
| 2007 | 9 | 8 | $26.6kSign up |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | $10kSign up |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | $5.8kSign up |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | $1.6kSign up |