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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349lots offered2002–2026years recorded88%sold (289)$8.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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La féconde journéePhillips · Apr 2021£4,378,500≈ $6,041,454≈ €5,047,163Sign up to see
Inspecteurs Sinoque et DinguePhillips · Nov 2023$4,900,000≈ £3,985,684≈ €4,569,191Sign up to see
Barbe des ritesPhillips · May 2016$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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median $8.9kfree account

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Lots sold

289

of 328 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

88%

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.

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	195	176	90%	$13.3kSign up	$5kSign up	$305kSign up
Lithograph	93	81	87%	$6.6kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$83.3kSign up
Screenprint	88	81	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	21	13	62%	$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	$7kSign 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