Jean Hélion
French · 1904–1987 · Painter, Printmaker
Jean Hélion was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
AbstractionPhillips · $514,000≈ £394,262≈ €461,856Sign up to see
Figure abstraitePhillips · $30,000≈ £23,421≈ €26,966Sign up to see
Homme au Chapeau 1944Menzies · A$22,091≈ $16,697≈ £11,806≈ €14,947Sign up to see
Jean Hélion’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).
Price trend
5 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 | 2 | 2 | 100% | $258kSign up | $258kSign up | $514kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $258kSign up | $258kSign up | $514kSign up |
| Works on paper | 8 | 7 | 88% | $10.8kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Watercolor | 6 | 5 | 83% | $11.5kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 2 | 100% | $9.2kSign up | $9.2kSign up | $16.7kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 14 | 9 | 64% | $195Sign up | $126Sign up | $500Sign up |
| Lithograph | 14 | 9 | 64% | $195Sign up | $126Sign up | $500Sign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $2.2kSign up | $2.2kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.