# Louise Bourgeois - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T15:56:32.836Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 727
- Lots with prices: 563
- First auction date: 1998-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-05
- Median realised price: $8,750
- Price range: $90 to $32,055,000

## Market Takeaway
Louise Bourgeois shows very deep auction liquidity with 725 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 72 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($8,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $55,000.
- 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: 6.4% (36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 44.8% (252 sales)
- $10,000\+: 48.8% (274 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 72
- Previous 12 months sales: 66
- Recent 12 months median: $4,032
- Previous 12 months median: $7,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 255 lots
- Sotheby's: 95 lots
- Bonhams: 58 lots
- Phillips: 52 lots
- Artcurial: 18 lots
- Roseberys: 16 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 15 lots
- Koller Auctions: 13 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Germann Auction House Ltd: 9 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-06 | Louise Bourgeois \(1911 Paris \- New York City 2010\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €1,600
2. 2024-03-26 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) 11 Drypoints \(set of 11\) Plate 300 x 250 mm. \( | Christie's | N/A
3. 2020-07-21 | Louise Bourgeois \(1911\-2010\) I Have Been to Hell and Back | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
4. 2013-07-16 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) | Christie's | $6,000
5. 2013-02-13 | LOUISE  BOURGEOIS  &  ALEX  VAN  GELDER | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2026-03-05 | Louise Bourgeois \(French/American 1911\-2010\) "Hamlet and Ophelia", 1997 Lithograph on wove paper edition 1/50 Signed and dated lower right L.B. '97 Printed by SOLO Impression, New York and published by Brooklyn Acade... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $2,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-bourgeois-french-american-1911-2010-hamlet-and-ophelia-1997-lithograph-on-wove-paper-edition-1-50-signed-and-dated-lower-right-l-b-97-printed-by-solo-impression-new-york-and-published-by-brooklyn-acade-197-c-61438d96aa
7. 2025-12-16 | Louise Bourgeois, Metamorfosis | Wright | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-bourgeois-metamorfosis-199-c-d10c7f8549
8. 2025-12-10 | Louise Bourgeois \(French 1911\-2010\), 'I Have Been to Hell and Back', 2007 | Tate Ward Auctions | £2,000
9. 2025-12-09 | Louise Bourgeois \(French/American, 1911\-2010\) I Do Digital print in colours, 2010, on fabric, embroidered initial in red and numbered 261/300 in pencil \(there were also 35 artist's proofs\), co\-published by the artist and Cheim & Read, New York, to... | Bonhams | £3,000
10. 2025-12-04 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) Spider web 2002 | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-bourgeois-1911-2010-spider-web-2002-55-c-b95b18224d
11. 2025-11-27 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS | Koller Auctions | CHF 13,000
12. 2025-11-20 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\). Untitled. stainless steel, glass, fabric and | Christie's | $508,000
13. 2025-11-20 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) Black Arcs/Untitled \(Black\) 19 3/4 x 59 1/4 in \(50.2 x 150.5 cm\) \(Executed in 2005. This unique variant is number five from an edition of nine\) | Bonhams | $90,000
14. 2025-11-14 | Louise Bourgeois \(German\-American, 1911\-2010\) Untitled, 1998 | Freeman’s | $20,000
15. 2025-11-13 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) Rameau d'olivier, 2005 \(MOMA, 919.2\)Planche issue du portfolio 'Art pour la Paix'Lithographie sur vélin d'ArchesSignée du monogramme et numérotée 144/146 au crayonEditée par Les Méditerran... | Bonhams | €1,700
16. 2025-11-13 | Louise Bourgeois \(1911\-2010\), Lacs de Montagne, 1997. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,270
17. 2025-10-16 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\). Hanging figure. drypoint on fabric10 ¼ x 10 ¼ | Christie's | £17,780
18. 2025-10-15 | Louise Bourgeois \(1911\-2010\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
19. 2025-10-15 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\). Untitled. bronze, stainless steel and mirror. | Christie's | £1,514,000
20. 2025-10-09 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,600
21. 2025-10-09 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €2,600
22. 2025-09-30 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\). Give or Take \(How do you feel this morning?\). | Christie's | $44,450
23. 2025-09-30 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS \(1911\-2010\). Molotov Cocktail. bronze4 ½ x 8 ½ x 6 in. \(11 | Christie's | N/A
24. 2025-09-16 | Louise Bourgeois, French/American 1911\-2010, 'I Have Been to Hell and Back' | Gorringes | N/A

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