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Auction result
Abstraction
Jean Hélion (French, 1904–1987) · 1939
$514,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £394,262≈ €461,856
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Stamped with the artist's signature and inscribed "Hélion p. 189" on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 53 x 69 in. (134.6 x 175.3 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010317)
- Date
- May 18, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 39
- Estimate
- $500,000 – $700,000 (≈ £383,524 – £536,933) (≈ €449,277 – €628,987)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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