Félix Labisse Auction Prices and Value Guide

Félix Labisse auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 808 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Félix Labisse
Source records
808
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Félix Labisse

Félix Labisse (1905–1982) was a French painter, illustrator, and stage designer whose work is associated with Surrealism. Born in Marchiennes in northern France — though some reference works cite nearby Douai — he began his career in the 1920s. He settled in the Belgian coastal city of Ostend in 1927 before relocating to Paris in 1932, where he spent most of his productive life. Labisse worked across oil painting, drawing, book illustration, and theatrical set design, and his imagery is known for dreamlike figures and fantastical compositions. His professional ties to both France and Belgium are reflected in his inclusion in the Belgian art reference Piron alongside standard French sources. Over a career spanning nearly six decades, Labisse built a substantial body of work that appears regularly at European auctions.

Surrealismoil paintingworks on paper (ink, wash, drawing)illustrationtheatrical set and stage designdreamlike and fantastical imageryfigurative compositions with elongated and distorted forms

Common works and media

Labisse produced oil paintings on canvas, ink and wash drawings on paper, book illustrations, and theatrical set and décor designs. His subjects frequently involve Surrealist-inspired imagery: elongated figures, fantastical creatures, and atmospheric, dreamlike landscapes. Prints and illustrated editions may also appear on the market. Works span his active period from the 1920s through the early 1980s, with stylistic evolution over that long career.

Market and appraisal context

Félix Labisse maintains an active and well-documented secondary market across European and North American auction houses. The Appraisily auction record tracks 301 lots with 214 priced results spanning February 2003 through March 2026, providing a deep historical baseline. The price distribution is wide: from €25 at the low end for color lithograph multiples to €66,000 for top-tier original works, with a median of approximately €1,016 and a 75th percentile at €7,200. This dispersion reflects a market where medium is the dominant value driver — numbered lithograph editions (e.g., Chrysorapis, Lucretia, Blue Faces) routinely trade in the €40–€300 band, while original paintings and significant works on paper at blue-chip houses reach €5,000–€9,000 and above. Named auction houses include Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, and Artcurial at the international level, alongside regional specialists such as Maison Jules Veilinghuis, Cornette de Saint-Cyr-Bruxelles, Aguttes, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, and Weschler's. Trailing twelve-month volume (18 lots) is down from the prior year (32 lots), suggesting a modest contraction in liquidity that may reflect broader market cycles rather than artist-specific factors. The concentration of sales through Belgian and French houses is consistent with Labisse's Franco-Belgian career trajectory.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • oil painting
  • works on paper (ink, wash, drawing)
  • prints and lithographs
  • illustration
  • theatrical set and stage design

Value drivers

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Appraisal caveats

  • 808 recorded lots in the Appraisily database suggest a substantial body of work, but no catalogue raisonné is referenced in available sources.
  • Movement attribution (Surrealism) comes from Wikipedia; no museum or institution-grade source in the pack explicitly assigns a movement.
  • Birth place is discrepant across sources (Marchiennes vs. Douai); this does not affect appraisal but should be noted for biographical accuracy.
  • [object Object]

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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