Edouard Vuillard Auction Prices and Value Guide
Edouard Vuillard auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,094 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Edouard Vuillard auction prices: quick answer
Edouard Vuillard auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Edouard Vuillard
- Source records
- 2,094
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Edouard Vuillard market snapshot
Edouard Vuillard shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,218 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $15,240. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 53 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (12.1% · 98 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (31.1% · 252 sales)
- $10,000+ (56.8% · 461 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $6,985
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 53
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-06
Artist context
About Edouard Vuillard
Born
1868
Died
1940
Nationality
French
Also known as
Édouard Vuillard, Jean-Édouard Vuillard
Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940) was a French painter, draughtsman, designer, lithographer, printmaker, and decorative artist. Around 1890 he joined Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, and other members of Les Nabis. His 1890s work is especially associated with compressed domestic interiors, flattened space, dense pattern, and the influence of Japanese woodblock prints and Gauguin. Family rooms, fabrics, lamps, women, and intimate social settings became central visual material, while his practice also extended to posters, theater sets, and decorative panels. Around 1900, Vuillard moved toward a more naturalistic manner and, with Bonnard, became associated with Intimisme. He continued to depict interiors and gardens while also producing landscapes and portraits. Collectors therefore encounter his name across several object types and stylistic phases: patterned Nabi paintings, later intimate domestic scenes, works on paper, lithographs, posters, and decorative projects. Placing a work within that chronology and medium is essential to meaningful comparison.
Les NabisIntimismePaintingDrawingLithography and printmakingPosters, decorative panels, and theatrical designDomestic interiors and private lifeGardensPortraits and informal groupsLandscapes
Common works and media
Works encountered in collection and appraisal contexts may include paintings of patterned domestic interiors, gardens, portraits, landscapes, and Montmartre scenes. Vuillard also produced drawings, lithographs and other prints, posters, theater sets, and decorative panels. His 1890s Nabi works often emphasize flattened space and ornamental pattern, while later works generally use a more naturalistic treatment of interiors, figures, and outdoor settings.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should begin by identifying the object type and placing it within Vuillard’s artistic chronology. Institutional sources distinguish his patterned, spatially compressed Nabi work of the 1890s from his more naturalistic and Intimist work after about 1900. Subject also helps organize comparisons: interiors, gardens, portraits, landscapes, and Montmartre scenes belong to documented areas of his practice. These distinctions provide a framework for selecting comparable works but do not establish authenticity or value by themselves. Because the supplied source pack contains no specific auction-house lot records, condition reports, provenance files, or edition documentation, no price trend or scarcity conclusion is offered here. Available auction records should be compared by medium, date, subject, and documented sale context.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Drawings and other works on paper
- Lithographs and prints
- Posters and decorative or theatrical designs
Value drivers
- Correct classification by medium and object type, including painting, drawing, lithograph, poster, or decorative design
- Chronology and stylistic context, particularly the distinction between 1890s Nabi work and later naturalistic or Intimist work
- Subject and setting, including domestic interiors, gardens, portraits, landscapes, and Montmartre scenes
Appraisal caveats
- No major-auction-house lot record or realized-price evidence was supplied, so these categories and factors are descriptive comparison fields rather than price-trend findings.
- No catalogue raisonné entry, provenance record, condition report, or edition documentation for an individual object was included in the source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Art UK museum or university
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Tate museum or university
- National Gallery of Art museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Edouard Vuillard worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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