# Yves Tanguy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T09:44:11.751Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 410
- Lots with prices: 330
- First auction date: 1996-05-01
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-17
- Median realised price: $14,100
- Price range: $4 to $4,040,000

## Market Takeaway
Yves Tanguy shows deep auction liquidity with 333 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $13,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($13,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,000 and $103,965.
- 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: 8% (21 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.2% (87 sales)
- $10,000\+: 58.8% (154 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 14
- Recent 12 months median: $9,000
- Previous 12 months median: $4,600
- Median shift: 95.7%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-13
- Days since latest sale: 36
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 202 lots
- Sotheby's: 59 lots
- Ader: 19 lots
- Bonhams: 9 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 9 lots
- Tajan: 9 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Artcurial: 7 lots
- STAIR: 7 lots
- Ashcroft and Moore: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-04-17 | Yves Tanguy \(1900\-1955\) Feu à éclat \(1950\), 1953 | Millon & Associes | €1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-1900-1955-feu-a-eclat-1950-1953-105-c-b6287e8e7a
2. 2026-03-28 | Yves Tanguy \(1900\-1955\) Lithograph | Dana J. Tharp Auctions | $75 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-1900-1955-lithograph-142-c-68cd41e958
3. 2026-03-19 | Yves Tanguy \(American/French, 1900\-1955\) "Composition" | Cottone Auctions | $17,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-american-french-1900-1955-composition-37-c-8943b454b7
4. 2026-03-05 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\). Hérédité des qualités acquises. oil on canvasboard | Christie's | £495,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-1900-1955-heredite-des-qualites-acquises-oil-on-canvasboard-203-c-5e205561b1
5. 2026-01-13 | Yves Tanguy "L'Antitete" Etching and Aquatint | Auctions at Showplace | $425
6. 2026-01-13 | Yves Tanguy "L'Antitete" Etching and Aquatint | Auctions at Showplace | $650
7. 2025-11-28 | YVES TANGUY | Koller Auctions | CHF 280,000
8. 2025-11-20 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\) Sans titre 9 3/8 x 12 1/2 in \(23.7 x 31.7 cm\) \(Executed in 1942\) | Bonhams | $9,000
9. 2025-11-19 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\) Je tourne la tête vers moi \(I Turn My Head Toward Myself\) 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in \(65 x 54 cm\) \(Painted in 1938\) | Bonhams | $1,420,000
10. 2025-11-18 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\). La tour marine. gouache and pen and India ink over | Christie's | $76,200
11. 2025-11-08 | Yves Tanguy, Untitled, 1939 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $98,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-untitled-1939-233-c-19b6131a47
12. 2025-09-17 | Titre inconnu | Sotheby's | N/A
13. 2025-09-11 | Yves Tanguy: Formes\-Sculpture | Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen AG | CHF 8,000
14. 2025-08-23 | Yves Tanguy \(1900\-1955\) Lithograph | Dana J. Tharp Auctions | N/A
15. 2025-06-05 | Yves Tanguy \(1900 Paris \- Woodbury 1955\) – Composition surréaliste \(Composition surréaliste\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
16. 2025-05-29 | YVES TANGUY, UNTITLED FROM LE SURREALISME EN 1947, ETCHING | RoGallery | $800
17. 2025-05-29 | Yves Tanguy \(D'après\) "Feu à éclat" 1953 Color lithograph from the 1950 painting cm 47.2x42.5 Signed, dated 50, and numbered epreuve d'artiste 11/20 at the bottom Literature W. Wittrock "Yves Tanguy: The Graphic Work" Düsseldorf, 1976... | Il Ponte Auction House | €450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-d-apres-feu-a-eclat-1953-color-lithograph-from-the-1950-painting-cm-47-2x42-5-signed-dated-50-and-numbered-epreuve-d-artiste-11-20-at-the-bottom-literature-w-wittrock-yves-tanguy-the-graphic-work-dusseldorf-1976-422-c-62646aea9b
18. 2025-05-13 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\). Sans titre. pencil on paper17 ¾ x 11 5/8 in. \(45 x | Christie's | $18,900
19. 2025-04-25 | Yves Tanguy \(1900\-1955\) et Benjamin Péret Dormir, dormir dans les pierres | Millon & Associes | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-1900-1955-et-benjamin-peret-dormir-dormir-dans-les-pierres-212-c-d574a42bd6
20. 2025-04-15 | YVES TANGUY \(1900 \- 1955\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500
21. 2025-04-08 | Yves TANGUY | Artcurial | €5,300
22. 2025-03-27 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\) | Tajan | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yves-tanguy-1900-1955-76-c-28844b983a
23. 2025-03-07 | YVES TANGUY \(1900\-1955\). Sans titre. gouache, pen and India ink and pencil | Christie's | £56,700
24. 2025-02-16 | Yves Tanguy \(1900\-1955\) Yvan Goll, Le Mythe de la Roche Percee | Locati LLC | $4,600

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