Louis Wain
British · 1860–1939 · Painter, Draughtsman
Louis William Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
To Be Let UnfurnishedLyon & Turnbull · £23,940≈ $28,999≈ €27,510Sign up to see
Hockey, circa 1904Lyon & Turnbull · £12,600≈ $15,262≈ €14,479Sign up to see
- Carol SingingHelmuth Stone Gallery · $11,970$9,500 + $2,470 premium≈ £9,111≈ €10,104Sign up to see
Louis Wain’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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Price trend
2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
1 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 |
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| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $12kSign up | $12kSign up | $12kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 1 | 100% | $12kSign up | $12kSign up | $12kSign up |
| Works on paper | 37 | 35 | 95% | $3kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $29kSign up |
| Watercolor | 9 | 8 | 89% | $8.4kSign up | $3.9kSign up | $29kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 27 | 26 | 96% | $1.5kSign up | $1kSign up | $5.1kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 1 | 100% | $32Sign up | $32Sign up | $32Sign up |
| Lithograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $32Sign up | $32Sign up | $32Sign up |
| Sculpture | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.8kSign up | $2kSign up | $2.4kSign up |
| Other | 12 | 12 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $2kSign up | $4.6kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.