Isidro Nonell Auction Prices and Value Guide
Isidro Nonell auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 170 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Isidro Nonell auction prices: quick answer
Isidro Nonell auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Isidro Nonell
- Source records
- 170
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Isidro Nonell market snapshot
Isidro Nonell shows thin auction liquidity with 14 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (80.0% · 4 sales)
- $10,000+ (20.0% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $24,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-03-25
Artist context
About Isidro Nonell
Born
1872
Died
1911
Nationality
Spanish
Also known as
Isidre Nonell, Isidre Nonell i Monturiol, Isidro Nonell y Monturiol
Isidro Nonell, also known by the Catalan form Isidre Nonell i Monturiol, was a Spanish artist born in Barcelona in 1872 and active there around the turn of the twentieth century. Sources describe him as a painter, draughtsman, and caricaturist associated with late Modernisme, Post-Modernisme, and Post-Impressionism. His work is especially identified with expressive representations of people living at the social margins of Barcelona. This focus, combined with a darker tonal character than that of many contemporaries, gives his figures a distinctive place within Catalan art of the period. Collectors may encounter his name in either its Isidro or Isidre form, making authority records and careful identity matching useful when researching an object. Paintings, drawings, and caricatures can all appear in collection, auction, and appraisal contexts. Nonell died in Barcelona in 1911, leaving a relatively short career that bridges nineteenth-century Catalan modernity and early twentieth-century figurative art.
Post-ModernismeLate ModernismePost-ImpressionismPaintingDrawingCaricatureSocially marginalized people in BarcelonaFigures from underprivileged social groups
Common works and media
Works encountered under Nonell's name include paintings, drawings, and caricatures. Figurative subjects are particularly relevant, especially expressive depictions of socially marginalized or underprivileged people in Barcelona. Medium, support, dimensions, inscriptions, date, and attribution should be recorded precisely so that a work can be compared with genuinely similar examples.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work associated with Nonell should begin by establishing the object type and the strength of its attribution. Paintings, drawings, and caricatures should be compared with records for the same medium rather than treated as interchangeable. Subject, date, dimensions, condition, provenance, inscriptions, and supporting documentation can materially affect how an object is assessed, while the documented variation between the names Isidre and Isidro makes identity matching important. Relevant public auction records are most useful when their cataloguing, sale dates, realized prices, and physical characteristics can be compared directly. The collected source pack does not provide a major-auction-house biography or enough item-level evidence to support a price forecast or market-trend claim.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Drawings and other works on paper
- Caricatures
Value drivers
- Medium and work type, including whether the object is a painting, drawing, or caricature
- Subject matter, including Nonell's documented focus on socially marginalized figures
- Date and relationship to Nonell's late-Modernista or Post-Modernista context
- Secure attribution and identity matching across the Isidre Nonell and Isidro Nonell name forms
- Comparison with relevant public auction records by work type, subject, sale date, and realized price when item-level records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no accessible major-auction-house biography or item-level catalogue entries.
- No price trend, price range, scarcity claim, or attribution conclusion should be inferred from the identity sources alone.
- Condition, provenance, dimensions, signatures, inscriptions, and supporting documentation require object-specific examination before appraisal.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Isidro Nonell 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.
Can Appraisily value my Isidro Nonell artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.