# Louise Nevelson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:54:13.978Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,260
- Lots with prices: 993
- First auction date: 1999-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-03
- Median realised price: $4,600
- Price range: $25 to $2,200,000

## Market Takeaway
Louise Nevelson shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,260 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 71 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 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: 19.8% (197 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 43.7% (434 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.5% (362 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 71
- Previous 12 months sales: 97
- Recent 12 months median: $3,800
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 8.6%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-04
- Days since latest sale: 14
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 273 lots
- Sotheby's: 193 lots
- Bonhams: 78 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 62 lots
- Wright: 46 lots
- RoGallery: 41 lots
- Hindman: 38 lots
- Phillips: 38 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 26 lots
- STAIR: 20 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-19 | MULTI\-MEDIA PRINT AFTER LOUISE NEVELSON | Dargate Auction Galleries | $25 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-multi-media-print-after-louise-nevelson-1361-c-823fc76714
2. 2025-10-15 | Louise Nevelson 'Facade' Signed Serigraph | Abington Auction Gallery | $425 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-facade-signed-serigraph-36-c-37c41f292e
3. 2025-10-15 | Louise Nevelson 'Facade' Signed Serigraph | Abington Auction Gallery | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-facade-signed-serigraph-34-c-b644f2fbc7
4. 2025-10-01 | Louise Nevelson \(American, 1899\-1988\) "Brandeis Multiple" Sculpture | Market Auctions | $1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-1899-1988-brandeis-multiple-sculpture-2-c-bc24ccda79
5. 2025-09-16 | Louise Nevelson "Volcanic Magic XVII" 1985 | Revere Auctions | $8,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-volcanic-magic-xvii-1985-62-c-c7e4a5183f
6. 2025-08-06 | Louise Nevelson \(American, 1899\-1988\) "Brandeis Multiple" Sculpture | Market Auctions | $2,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-1899-1988-brandeis-multiple-sculpture-20-c-9ad47feab4
7. 2025-06-04 | LOUISE NEVELSON, 'CRYPTIC CORD \#1389', 1966\-67 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $8,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-cryptic-cord-1389-1966-67-56-c-5c04e27a7e
8. 2025-05-01 | Louise Nevelson "American Book Award" Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | $17,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-book-award-sculpture-10-c-1e74d1e995
9. 2025-02-12 | Louise Nevelson, Sky Passage | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
10. 2025-02-04 | Louise Nevelson \(American, 1899\-1988\) Sky Shadow, 1973 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,500
11. 2024-11-27 | Louise Nevelson \(1899\-1988\) Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm | Forum Auctions \- UK | £1,000
12. 2024-11-26 | LOUISE NEVELSON \(1899 \- 1988\) The Night Sound. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750
13. 2026-05-03 | LOUISE NEVELSON, \(American, 1899\-1988\), Two Figures, 1930, pen and ink on paper, sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. | Grogan & Company | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-1899-1988-two-figures-1930-pen-and-ink-on-paper-sheet-10-7-8-x-8-1-2-in-92-c-f7a3b0f9d5
14. 2026-02-04 | Louise Nevelson, Night Leaf | Wright | $4,200
15. 2026-02-03 | Louise Nevelson \(American/ Ukrainian, 1899\-1998\), "Figure Four Thousand", Etching and aquatint, 1950, Signed, titled and inscribed 1 in graphite l.l., Frame: 20 x 14 in. \(50.8 x 35.6 cm.\) | Weschler's | $1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-ukrainian-1899-1998-figure-four-thousand-etching-and-aquatint-1950-signed-titled-and-inscribed-1-in-graphite-l-l-frame-20-x-14-in-50-8-x-35-6-cm-558-c-da9cc5ccf6
16. 2026-01-28 | Louise Nevelson, Small Column XVIII | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $68,000
17. 2026-01-16 | Louise Nevelson, Black Cryptic LXVII | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $12,000
18. 2025-12-31 | Louise Nevelson \(1899 \- 1988\) Vintage Realist Portrait Interior Scene Oil Painting on Board Framed | Curated Gallery Auctions | $900
19. 2025-12-18 | Louise Nevelson, Model for Dawn's Wedding Feast, circa 1957. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,540
20. 2025-12-16 | Louise Nevelson, Dawnscape | Wright | $14,000
21. 2025-12-16 | LOUISE NEVELSON \(1899\-1988\). Black Horizontal. wood construction, painted b | Christie's | N/A
22. 2025-12-09 | Louise Nevelson \(American, 1899\-1988\) Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm Screenprint in colours, 1973, on wove paper, signed and numbered 46/300 in pencil, printed by Styria Studio Inc., with their and the artist's inkstamp verso... | Bonhams | £900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-1899-1988-untitled-from-the-new-york-collection-for-stockholm-screenprint-in-colours-1973-on-wove-paper-signed-and-numbered-46-300-in-pencil-printed-by-styria-studio-inc-with-their-and-the-artist-s-inkstamp-verso-80-c-862a3ae554
23. 2025-12-07 | LOUISE NEVELSON \(AMERICAN, 1899\-1989\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louise-nevelson-american-1899-1989-56-c-c8c98f0b84
24. 2025-12-05 | Louise Nevelson, Untitled, 1963 | Lempertz | €6,000

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