Yves Tanguy
French · 1900–1955 · Painter, Printmaker
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Record prices
Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself)Bonhams · $1,778,700≈ £1,355,510≈ €1,535,613Sign up to see
Titre inconnuKetterer Kunst · €305,000≈ $416,661≈ £254,916Sign up to see
Ohne TitelKornfeld · CHF 22,000≈ $22,275≈ £16,650≈ €18,990Sign up to see
Yves Tanguy’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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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Lots sold
22
of 30 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
73%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 3 | 2 | 67% | $1.1MSign up | $1.1MSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Oil | 3 | 2 | 67% | $1.1MSign up | $1.1MSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Works on paper | 7 | 6 | 86% | $11.8kSign up | $12.4kSign up | $15.4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 1 | 100% | $15.4kSign up | $15.4kSign up | $15.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 6 | 5 | 83% | $11.1kSign up | $11.5kSign up | $13.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 19 | 13 | 68% | $6kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $22.3kSign up |
| Etching | 17 | 12 | 71% | $6.3kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $22.3kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 1 | 50% | $1.8kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $15.4kSign up | $15.4kSign up | $15.4kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.