Louise Bourgeois

French · 1911–2010 · Painter, Printmaker

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter… (Wikipedia)

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Untitled (The Wedges)Phillips · May 2016$1,925,000≈ £1,334,581≈ €1,689,337Sign up to see
CouplePhillips · Jun 2022£869,500≈ $1,052,356≈ €1,013,147Sign up to see
Nature StudyPhillips · Jun 2017£725,000≈ $940,398≈ €823,970Sign up to see

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ArtSell has recorded 254 auction results for Louise Bourgeois between 2001 and 2026, of which 236 sold (93%). A further 7 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $518Sign up free to see to $1.9MSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $1.9MSign up free to see for Untitled (The Wedges) at Phillips in May 2016. The most common medium is lithographs (52 lots). Most results come from Phillips (166), Rago Auctions (17) and Bonhams (13).

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The Happy House, from La Réparation (Wye 587), 2003
Aquatint · Paper · ed. 32/35
8 1/2 x 11in (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Bonhams · Jul 30, 2026 · Lot 8
$2,176≈ £1,625≈ €1,896Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Bonhams ↗
Eight in Bed (MoMA 224.3), 2000
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 26/40
I. 14 x 16 7/8 in. (35.6 x 42.9 cm) S. 20 5/8 x 23 1/2 in. (52.4 x 59.7 cm)
Phillips · Jun 24, 2026 · Lot 59
$3,870≈ £2,941≈ €3,413Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
Hamlet and Ophelia, 1997
Lithograph · Paper
29⅜ h x 41⅝ w in (75 x 106 cm)
Rago Auctions · Jun 3, 2026 · Lot 168
$6,400≈ £4,759≈ €5,511Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Desire of Sleep, 2015After the artist
linen, archival dyes · Linen
21¾ h x 30½ w x ¼ d in (55 x 77 x 1 cm)
Rago Auctions · Jun 3, 2026 · Lot 169
$704≈ £524≈ €606Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Together (MoMA 1094-1099), 2005
Drypoint · Paper · ed. 11/15
all I. various sizes, largest 22.7 x 30.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.) all S. 43.5 x 38 cm (17 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.), three horizontal portfolio 45 x 39.7 x 1.8 cm (17 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Phillips · May 22, 2026 · Lot 137
£3,870≈ $5,192≈ €4,478Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
Champfleurette, the White Cat (MoMA 133), 1994
Etching · Paper · ed. PP
I. 25.2 x 42.5 cm (9 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.) S. 46.7 x 63.3 cm (18 3/8 x 24 7/8 in.)
Phillips · May 22, 2026 · Lot 138
£3,870≈ $5,192≈ €4,478Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,500–2,000View at Phillips ↗
Untitled, plate 1 from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature (MoMA 444), 1998
Etching · Paper · ed. 18/28
I. 55.5 x 75.9 cm (21 7/8 x 29 7/8 in.) S. 71.3 x 99.6 cm (28 1/8 x 39 1/4 in.)
Phillips · May 22, 2026 · Lot 139
£8,385≈ $11,250≈ €9,703Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,000–1,500View at Phillips ↗
Untitled, plate 9 from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature (MoMA 452), 1998
Etching · Paper · ed. 18/28
I. 75.9 x 55.4 cm (29 7/8 x 21 3/4 in.) S. 99.3 x 71 cm (39 1/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
Phillips · May 22, 2026 · Lot 140
£2,838≈ $3,808≈ €3,284Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,000–1,500View at Phillips ↗
Untitled, 1950
Drawing · Paper
14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Phillips · May 21, 2026 · Lot 141
$90,300≈ £67,288≈ €77,852Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $70,000–100,000View at Phillips ↗
Caryatid (MoMA 123), 2001
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 3/10
I. 30 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (76.8 x 78.1 cm) S. 35 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (90.2 x 92.7 cm)
Phillips · Apr 22, 2026 · Lot 214
$11,610≈ £8,599≈ €9,895Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗

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Lots by Louise Bourgeois that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

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Louise Bourgeois: quick facts

What is the highest price paid for a work by Louise Bourgeois at auction?

$1,925,000Sign up free to see, for Untitled (The Wedges) at Phillips (May 2016) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.

What is a typical auction price for Louise Bourgeois?

The median sale price is $8.7kSign up free to see across 236 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.

How many works by Louise Bourgeois have sold at auction?

236 of 254 recorded lots sold between 2001 and 2026. 7 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.

Which auction houses sell Louise Bourgeois?

Phillips, Rago Auctions and Bonhams account for the most recorded results. Phillips · Rago Auctions · Bonhams

About Louise Bourgeois

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes over the course of her long career including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious. These themes connect to events from her childhood which she considered to be a therapeutic process. Although Bourgeois exhibited with the abstract expressionists and her work has a lot in common with Surrealism and feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement.

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