Joy Laville
British · 1923–2018 · Painter, Sculptor
Joy Laville was an English/Mexican artist whose art career began and mostly developed in Mexico when she came to the country to take art classes in San Miguel de Allende. While… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Barco entrando a una bahíaMorton Subastas · MX$750,000≈ $43,253≈ £32,213≈ €37,146Sign up to see
Descanso a la orilla de la playaMorton Subastas · MX$360,000≈ $21,150≈ £16,643≈ €19,556Sign up to see
UntitledMorton Subastas · MX$360,000≈ $20,837≈ £16,809≈ €19,206Sign up to see
Joy Laville’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
25 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 | 13 | 7 | 54% | $17.1kSign up | $12.5kSign up | $43.3kSign up |
| Oil | 6 | 3 | 50% | $17.4kSign up | $20.8kSign up | $21.1kSign up |
| Acrylic | 7 | 4 | 57% | $16.9kSign up | $10.2kSign up | $43.3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 27 | 14 | 52% | $3.1kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $7.3kSign up |
| Watercolor | 6 | 2 | 33% | $1.3kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 1 | 50% | $3.1kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $3.1kSign up |
| Pastel | 14 | 10 | 71% | $3.4kSign up | $4.1kSign up | $7.3kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Prints & multiples | 57 | 25 | 44% | $643Sign up | $507Sign up | $2kSign up |
| Etching | 18 | 7 | 39% | $882Sign up | $589Sign up | $2kSign up |
| Screenprint | 33 | 12 | 36% | $636Sign up | $597Sign up | $1.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 6 | 100% | $379Sign up | $265Sign up | $813Sign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.6kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $5.6kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.