Georges Lepape Auction Prices and Value Guide
Georges Lepape auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 312 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Georges Lepape auction prices: quick answer
Georges Lepape auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Georges Lepape
- Source records
- 312
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Georges Lepape
Georges Lepape (1887–1971) was a French artist celebrated for his poster art, fashion illustration, and graphic design. Born in Paris, he was active from the early 1900s through the late 1960s, working across painting, illustration, costume design, and print. Associated with the Art Deco era, Lepape became known for elegant compositions that bridged fine art and commercial design. He produced posters, fashion plates, and costume designs that captured the modernist spirit of early twentieth-century Paris. Influenced by the illustrator Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Lepape developed a distinctive graphic style characterized by bold silhouettes, refined line work, and a sophisticated sense of color. His career coincided with the rise of haute couture illustration and the golden age of the pictorial poster, making his work a reference point for collectors of Art Deco graphic arts and French fashion imagery. He died in Bonneval, France, in 1971.
Art Decoposter / lithographillustration (gouache, watercolor, ink)costume designpaintingfashion and couturetheater and performance
Common works and media
Collectors most frequently encounter Lepape's work as fashion illustrations, Art Deco posters, and costume designs. Common media include lithographic posters, gouache and watercolor illustrations, ink drawings, and graphic prints. His fashion plates and editorial illustrations for Parisian publications are well represented in the auction market. Original paintings are less common but do appear. Works on paper constitute the majority of available material.
Market and appraisal context
Georges Lepape's work appears at auction across several categories, including original illustrations, lithographic posters, prints, and costume designs. Original works in gouache, watercolor, or ink tend to carry more weight than printed editions, though well-preserved posters from noted series also attract strong collector interest. Key valuation factors include medium, subject matter (fashion and theatrical themes are most common), edition size or uniqueness, condition, and documented provenance. Because Lepape was prolific and worked in a range of commercial and fine-art contexts, attribution should be confirmed, especially for unsigned or posthumously printed material. Comparable public auction records provide the most reliable pricing benchmarks.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- Market context is drawn from biographical authority records and the artist's known output profile. Specific auction price ranges are not cited here; consult comparable public auction records for current valuations.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
Data basis
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Artist value FAQ
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