# Louis Ritman - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T15:29:48.139Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 157
- Lots with prices: 90
- First auction date: 1990-11-30
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-18
- Median realised price: $4,000
- Price range: $100 to $665,000

## Market Takeaway
Louis Ritman shows deep auction liquidity with 157 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,500 and $25,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 16.7% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.7% (42 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.7% (33 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $3,200
- Previous 12 months median: $20,160
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-18
- Days since latest sale: 153
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 46 lots
- Bonhams: 12 lots
- Sotheby's: 12 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 8 lots
- Hindman: 6 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 6 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 4 lots
- James D. Julia: 4 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-06 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Oil Painting on Canvas | Market Auctions | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-ritman-american-1889-1963-oil-painting-on-canvas-208-c-9cc41b3a79
2. 2025-05-07 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Oil Painting on Canvas | Market Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-ritman-american-1889-1963-oil-painting-on-canvas-30-c-2d24772b8a
3. 2025-09-18 | Louis Ritman \(1889\-1963\), Interior, circa 1940. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,280
4. 2025-08-17 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889 \- 1963\) Still Life | Helmuth Stone | $1,500
5. 2025-06-16 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Giverny Quietude | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-ritman-american-1889-1963-giverny-quietude-189-c-90f430fadf
6. 2025-06-08 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Ballet Girl, 1928 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $17,000
7. 2025-06-08 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Quiet Afternoon, 1915 | Freeman’s | $135,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-ritman-american-1889-1963-quiet-afternoon-1915-14-c-f544b1aab9
8. 2025-04-30 | Louis Ritman \(1889\-1963\) Floral Still Life 21 1/4 x 25 in. \(54 x 63.5 cm.\) | Bonhams | $3,200
9. 2025-04-30 | Louis Ritman \(1889\-1963\) Floral Arrangement 32 1/8 x 20 7/8 in. \(81.6 x 53 cm.\) | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2024-12-08 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Girl with a Fan, Giverny, 1914 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $80,000
11. 2024-11-19 | Louis Ritman \(1889\-1963\) Nude Study No. 2 32 x 32 in. \(81.3 x 81.3 cm.\) \(Painted circa 1929.\) | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2024-11-19 | Louis Ritman \(1889\-1963\) By the River 49 1/2 x 40 5/8 in. \(125.7 x 103.2 cm.\) \(Painted circa 1920.\) | Bonhams | $22,000
13. 2024-10-18 | LOUIS RITMAN \(1889\-1963\). Landscape with House. oil on canvas laid down on | Christie's | $20,160
14. 2024-10-18 | LOUIS RITMAN \(1889\-1963\). Grey Day Landscape. oil on canvas 31 ¾ x 31 ¾ in. | Christie's | $201,600
15. 2024-10-18 | LOUIS RITMAN \(1889\-1963\). Hollyhocks. oil on canvas 31 ¾ x 31 ¾ in. \(80.6 x | Christie's | $403,200
16. 2024-09-19 | LOUIS RITMAN \(1889\-1963\) Interior. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2024-08-18 | Louis Ritman, Portrait, Art Student, Oil on Canvas | Kaminski Auctions | $950
18. 2024-05-16 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) Meditation | Hindman | $11,000
19. 2024-03-26 | Louis RItman \(American, 1889\-1963\) "Repose" Oil On Canvas | Akiba Galleries | $4,000
20. 2024-02-24 | LOUIS RITMAN \(1889\-1963\) EXHIBITED OIL ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $5,000
21. 2024-02-15 | Louis Ritman, Landscape \#220 | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,200
22. 2024-02-01 | Louis Ritman | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $3,250
23. 2023-11-07 | Louis Ritman \(1889\-1963\) Nude Study No. 2 32 x 32 in. \(81.3 x 81.3 cm.\) \(Painted circa 1929.\) | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2023-10-17 | Louis Ritman \(American, 1889\-1963\) The Garden, c. 1915 | Hindman | $3,000

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