# Morris Louis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T05:39:19.234Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 125
- Lots with prices: 91
- First auction date: 2001-05-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $590,500
- Price range: $20 to $5,580,000

## Market Takeaway
Morris Louis shows solid auction liquidity with 124 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $590,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($590,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $276,800 and $1,381,000.
- 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: 5.6% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4.4% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 90% (81 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $856,800
- Previous 12 months median: $1,260,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 59 lots
- Sotheby's: 39 lots
- RoGallery: 12 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Aste Bolaffi: 1 lots
- Auctions & Services Unlimited: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Ishtar Auctions Ltd: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\). The Ladder. Magna on canvas16 x 24 in. \(40.6 x 61 | Christie's | $12,700
2. 2025-11-20 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\). Number 2\-10. Magna on canvas81 3/8 x 18 ½ in. \(20 | Christie's | N/A
3. 2025-08-06 | MORRIS LOUIS, ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY EXHIBITION, POSTER | RoGallery | N/A
4. 2025-05-16 | Approach | Sotheby's | $1,079,500
5. 2025-05-15 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\). Plenitude. Magna on canvas90 ¾ x 140 in. \(230.5 x | Christie's | $856,800
6. 2025-05-12 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Gamma Upsilon Magna on canvas 102 ¾ x 166 3/8 in. | Christie's | $2,470,000
7. 2025-04-12 | MORRIS LOUIS, ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY EXHIBITION, POSTER | RoGallery | N/A
8. 2025-02-27 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\). Number 18. Magna on canvas79 ½ x 10 5/8 in. \(201. | Christie's | $403,200
9. 2024-11-22 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) \- Pillar of Celebration | Christie's | $1,260,000
10. 2024-11-19 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) \- Hesperides | Christie's | $1,381,000
11. 2024-05-17 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Split Pillar Magna on canvas 89 x 71 3⁄8 in. \(226. | Christie's | N/A
12. 2024-02-27 | Morris Louis \(American, 1912\-1962\) \- Charred Journal \(Firewritten Series\) | Freeman's \| Hindman | $11,000
13. 2024-02-24 | MORRIS LOUIS, ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY EXHIBITION, POSTER | RoGallery | N/A
14. 2024-02-20 | MORRIS LOUIS \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
15. 2023-11-16 | Number 14 | Sotheby's | $368,300
16. 2023-11-04 | MORRIS LOUIS, ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY EXHIBITION, POSTER | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2023-09-29 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Boy With Flinching Birds oil on canvas 24 x 20 in. | Christie's | $25,200
18. 2023-08-20 | Morris Louis \(American, 1912\-1962\) 'D37' Ink on Paper | Leonard Auction | $2,800
19. 2023-06-03 | Morris Louis, Andre Emmerich Gallery Exhibition, Poster | RoGallery | N/A
20. 2023-05-11 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Surge Magna on canvas 91 1/2 x 149 3/4 in. \(232.4 | Christie's | N/A
21. 2023-05-11 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Number 2\-67 Magna on canvas 91 x 33 5/8 in. \(231.2 | Christie's | $1,744,000
22. 2023-05-11 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Beta Beta Magna on canvas 98 x 156 1/4 in. \(248.9 | Christie's | $2,954,000
23. 2022-11-18 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Beth Lamed Magna on canvas 90 1/4 x 150 in. \(220.2 | Christie's | N/A
24. 2022-11-18 | MORRIS LOUIS \(1912\-1962\) Number 1\-44 Magna on canvas 79 x 12 in. \(200.7 x 3 | Christie's | $529,200

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