Jose Clemente Orozco Auction Prices and Value Guide

Jose Clemente Orozco auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 627 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Jose Clemente Orozco auction prices: quick answer

Jose Clemente Orozco auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Jose Clemente Orozco
Source records
627
Market update
2026-02-16

Jose Clemente Orozco market snapshot

Jose Clemente Orozco shows deep auction liquidity with 280 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 28 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (17.8% · 36 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (52.5% · 106 sales)
  • $10,000+ (29.7% · 60 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
28
Median shift vs prior year
+36.4%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-13

Artist context

About Jose Clemente Orozco

Jose Clemente Orozco portrait
Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · Source

Born

1883

Died

1949

Nationality

Mexican

Also known as

José Clemente Orozco

José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949) was a Mexican painter, muralist, and lithographer central to the Mexican mural movement. Working within a generation that included Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, he created public murals concerned with political and social experience while also producing easel paintings and graphic work. His documented mural activity extended from 1922 to 1948 and included projects in Mexico and the United States, with sites in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Claremont, New York, and Hanover. Museum and library authority profiles establish his international institutional presence, while bibliographic records document sustained study of his graphic work. Collectors are more likely to encounter portable works—particularly lithographs, works on paper, and paintings—than the site-specific murals for which he is widely known. Accurate entity matching is important because catalogues and auction records use both accented and unaccented forms of his name.

Mexican muralismSocial realismMuralsFrescoPaintingLithography and other graphic workPolitical and social themesGenre subjects

Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts most often involve Orozco's portable work: paintings, drawings and other works on paper, lithographs, and editioned graphic pieces. Murals and fresco projects define an important part of his reputation but are generally tied to architectural sites rather than ordinary auction circulation. For prints, collectors should record the image and sheet dimensions, signature, inscriptions, edition notation, paper condition, and any printer or publication information. Unique works require close attention to medium, support, surface condition, restoration, provenance, and attribution.

Market and appraisal context

Orozco auction results should be compared within the same medium and work type. A signed lithograph from a documented edition is not directly comparable to a unique painting or drawing. Dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, inscriptions, edition details, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence can all affect an appraisal. Recent public results for genuinely similar works provide more useful context than an artist-wide median. Reported prices may include different fee treatments, while private transactions and attribution changes may be absent from public datasets. Physical inspection and specialist authentication may therefore be necessary before assigning a final value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Subject matter, rarity, and comparable public auction results for similar works

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are evidence inputs rather than a complete appraisal.
  • Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, so comparisons should be made on a consistent basis.
  • Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, condition differences, and later attribution changes may not appear in the public record.
  • Authentication and edition verification can materially affect the relevance of otherwise similar comparables.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: high confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Jose Clemente Orozco

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Jose Clemente Orozco 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 Jose Clemente Orozco artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.