Georges Braque Auction Prices and Value Guide
Georges Braque auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 13,542 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Georges Braque auction prices: quick answer
Georges Braque auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Georges Braque
- Source records
- 13,542
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Georges Braque
Georges Braque (1882–1963) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and collagist widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Born in Argenteuil, France, Braque began his career painting in the Fauve style before forming a pivotal creative partnership with Pablo Picasso around 1908. Together they developed Cubism, fundamentally reshaping European art by fragmenting form and introducing collage as a fine-art technique. Braque's Analytic Cubist paintings of 1908–1912 are considered among the movement's defining achievements. After serving in World War I, he returned to a more color-rich practice, producing celebrated still-life, landscape, and interior compositions. His later work introduced motifs such as birds and studio interiors that became signature subjects. Braque's work is held in major museum collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, and the Centre Pompidou.
CubismFauvismOil paintingCollagePrintmakingSculptureStill lifeLandscapeFigurative compositionMusic and musicians
Common works and media
Collectors are most likely to encounter Braque's work in oil on canvas, oil on panel, gouache, pastel, charcoal drawing, and various print media including etching, lithograph, and aquatint. Recurring subjects include still lifes with fruit, bottles, glasses, and musical instruments; landscapes from L'Estaque and La Ciotat in southern France; bird motifs from his later career; and studio interior scenes. His collages incorporating newspaper, wallpaper, and other found materials are landmark works in the history of modern art, though they rarely appear at auction.
Market and appraisal context
Georges Braque maintains deep and liquid secondary-market activity across global auction houses. The Appraisily auction-record index documents 2,553 lots offered between May 1993 and April 2026, with 1,141 carrying a recorded realised price. Price dispersion is extreme: the recorded minimum is $5 and the maximum is $6,419,000, reflecting the vast spread between unsigned or posthumous prints at the low end and museum-quality Cubist paintings at the high end. The interquartile range sits at $225–$2,600 with a median of $800, indicating that the typical lot encountered at auction is a print or work on paper rather than a unique painting. Ten named auction houses dominate turnover, including Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Artcurial, Tajan, Lempertz, and Swann Auction Galleries. Recent 12-month activity totals 316 lots, down from 710 in the prior 12-month window, suggesting a moderate cooling in volume but sustained liquidity. Recent comparable lots illustrate the tiered market: a cubist composition at Hammersite realised $5,000; a signed bird-themed etching at Wright brought $5,500; a work at Artcurial reached €40,000; while editioned lithographs traded at €400–€900. The market is well-established, transparent, and supported by major-house cataloguing.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Prints and Multiples
- Works on Paper
- Impressionist and Modern Art
- Post-War and Contemporary Art
- Oil Painting
Value drivers
- Medium and authorship: unique Cubist paintings, gouaches, drawings, collages, sculptures, editioned prints, posters, and works after Braque require separate comparable sets.
- Period and subject: Fauve, Analytic Cubist, Synthetic Cubist, post-war studio, bird, still-life, landscape, and music-related works occupy different value tiers.
- Print details: edition number, total edition size, publisher, printer, hand signature, plate signature, and paper type materially affect print values.
- Condition and support: canvas restorations, paper foxing, fading, mat burn, trimming, handling creases, and frame condition should be assessed before using comparables.
- Provenance and catalogue raisonné support: unique works and high-value works on paper need stronger documentation than ordinary editioned prints.
- Venue and sale context: major-house cataloguing at Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, and Artcurial should be weighted differently from regional or aggregator-only listings.
Appraisal caveats
- Braque's output spans six decades and many media; auction values vary enormously by period, medium, and quality
- Prints and multiples are commonly encountered and should not be valued as unique paintings
- Attribution questions can arise for lesser-known works; catalogue raisonné verification is strongly recommended
- The $5 to $6,419,000 price range spans everything from reproduction posters to museum-quality Cubist paintings; any estimate must be grounded in the specific work's medium, period, and authenticity.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Tate museum or university
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF / OCLC library authority
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 Georges Braque 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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