What is a Yves Tanguy print worth?
1900–1955 · Price guide from past auction results
Based on 22 priced auction sales, works by Yves Tanguy have sold for a median of $10,001Sign up free to see. Half of them sold between $1,856Sign up free to see and $14,719Sign up free to see. For prints alone, the median is $2,136Sign up free to see across 13 sales. In the last five years the median was $10,761Sign up free to see across 12 sales. These are past auction results, not a valuation: medium, size, condition and provenance all change what a particular work brings.
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Yves Tanguy prices by medium
- Auction results
- 30
- Sold rate
- 73%
- Active at auction
- 2009–2026
- Median price
- $10kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $1.8MSign up free to see Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself), Bonhams, Nov 2025
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prints | 13 | $1.2k–$10kSign up free to see | $2.1kSign up free to see |
| Works on Paper | 6 | $10.4k–$13.3kSign up free to see | $12.4kSign up free to see |
| Paintings | 2 | $417k–$1.8MSign up free to see | $1.1MSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Kornfeld (14), Phillips (3), Van Ham (2)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Prices by size
| Size (longest side) | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (under 30 cm) | 13 | $1.8k–$15.2kSign up free to see | $5.3kSign up free to see |
| Mid-size (30–75 cm) | 7 | $8.7k–$13.3kSign up free to see | $11.5kSign up free to see |
Recent Yves Tanguy sales
- Composition, ink and watercolor on paper — $15,360Sign up free to see, Rago Auctions, May 14, 2026
- Sans titre, brush and pen and ink on paper — $11,520Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Nov 20, 2025
- Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself), oil on canvas — $1,778,700Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Nov 19, 2025
- Formes-Sculpture, Pencil and coloured pencil, smudged in places, on Rives wove paper with watermar — $10,002Sign up free to see, Kornfeld, Sep 11, 2025
- Ohne Titel, Etching — $1,762Sign up free to see, Kornfeld, Sep 9, 2025
- Untitled (from the Le surréalisme en 1947 portfolio), etching — $254Sign up free to see, Toomey & Co., Mar 6, 2025
- Untitled, from Sept microbes vus à travers un tempérament (Seven Microbes Seen Through a Temperament) (W. 18), Etching in colors, on van Gelder Zonen laid paper, with full margins — $2,540Sign up free to see, Phillips, Oct 24, 2023
- Sans titre, Pen and ink — $13,301Sign up free to see, Kornfeld, Jun 15, 2023
Questions about Yves Tanguy prices
What is a Yves Tanguy print worth?
Based on 22 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Yves Tanguy have sold for a median of $10,001, and half of them sold between $1,856 and $14,719. For prints alone the median is $2,136 (13 sales). Medium, size, condition, subject and provenance all affect the price of a particular work; these are past auction results, not a valuation.
What is the most expensive work by Yves Tanguy sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $1,778,700 for “Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself)” at Bonhams in November 2025.
Which Yves Tanguy medium sells for the most?
By median price, paintings lead with $1,097,680 (2 sales).
How often do Yves Tanguy works sell at auction?
73% of the 30 lots recorded between 2009 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a Yves Tanguy print?
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Yves Tanguy have appeared at auction 30 times in ArtSell’s records between 2009 and 2026; 22 sold, a sell-through rate of 73%.
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