Josep Guinovart Auction Prices and Value Guide

Josep Guinovart auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,694 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Josep Guinovart
Source records
1,694
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Josep Guinovart

Josep Guinovart i Bertran (1927–2007) was a Catalan painter and graphic artist born in Barcelona who became one of Spain's leading post-war abstract artists. Trained initially as a house painter in his family's trade, he shifted to fine art through evening drawing classes in 1943 and held his first exhibition in 1948. That same year he began contributing illustrations to Dau al Set, the influential Catalan avant-garde journal. A stay in Paris around 1952 deepened his exposure to contemporary European art currents. By the mid-1950s Guinovart had moved decisively toward informalism and abstract expressionism, producing richly textured paintings and mixed-media works that incorporated everyday materials—wood, sand, wire, and found objects—into densely layered compositions. Over a career spanning more than five decades he received major Spanish and international prizes, and his work is held in museums and public collections across Europe and the Americas.

InformalismAbstract ExpressionismDau al Set (Catalan avant-garde group)paintinggraphic artillustrationset design / mural paintingabstract compositionmixed-media works incorporating everyday materials

Common works and media

Collectors most frequently encounter Guinovart's mixed-media paintings on canvas or board, which combine oil or acrylic paint with sand, wood scraps, metal, paper, and other found materials. He also produced a substantial body of graphic works—lithographs, etchings, and screen prints—often issued in signed and numbered editions. Gouaches and works on paper from various periods appear at auction as well. Mural commissions, stage designs, and book illustrations form a smaller but documented segment of his output. Subject matter ranges from fully non-representational texture studies to works that retain vestigial figurative or landscape references, particularly from his earlier figurative period.

Market and appraisal context

Josep Guinovart maintains an active and liquid secondary market, with 657 recorded auction lots spanning from October 2004 through April 2026 and 150 priced results available for analysis. The market is predominantly driven by Spanish regional auction houses—Subarna Subastas, Sala Retiro Subastas, Setdart Auction House, Subastas Segre, and Arce Subastas account for the bulk of turnover—with occasional appearances at international firms such as Hampel Fine Art Auctions (Munich) and Marques dos Santos (Portugal). Auction volume has been stable to growing: 60 lots in the trailing 12 months compared with 50 in the prior 12-month window, indicating steady collector interest. Price dispersion is wide. The low end (€10–€150) is dominated by prints, posters, and small works on paper; the interquartile range runs from approximately €150 to €1,200; and the recorded maximum is €35,850. The strongest prices are achieved by large-scale mixed-media paintings on canvas from Guinovart's mature informalist period (mid-1960s through late 1980s), exemplified by the 1989 canvas "Pelaires" which realized €5,500 at Setdart (December 2024) and an untitled 1977 work that achieved €9,500 at Subarna Subastas (December 2025). Intervened engravings from the mid-1970s—prints that the artist hand-modified with paint and collage—trade around €800 per impression. Untitled prints and posters at regional houses can sell for as little as €90–€120.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • painting
  • graphic art
  • printmaking
  • mixed-media assemblage
  • illustration

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support — large-scale paintings and mixed-media works on canvas generally command higher prices than works on paper or prints
  2. Period — mature informalist works from the late 1950s through the 1980s are most sought after
  3. Provenance and exhibition history — works with documented gallery or museum exhibition records carry a premium
  4. Condition and authenticity — as with mixed-media works incorporating non-traditional materials, condition assessment is important
  5. Medium and support — large-scale mixed-media paintings on canvas command the highest prices; works on paper, engravings, and prints trade at significantly lower levels
  6. Period — mature informalist works from the late 1950s through the 1980s are the most sought-after; earlier figurative works and late-career pieces tend to trade lower

Appraisal caveats

  • Market data is limited in this source pack; no specific auction results or price ranges from major auction houses are available for citation. Appraisal should reference current comparable auction records from Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, or regional Spanish auction houses.
  • Guinovart's graphic works and prints are more commonly encountered at auction than large paintings, which affects the distribution of realized prices.
  • Price data is derived from Appraisily's auction-record index, which aggregates results from public auction feeds; private sales and dealer prices are not represented.
  • Approximately 77% of recorded lots (507 of 657) lack a published realized price in the source pack, which may reflect unsold lots, post-sale negotiations, or incomplete data ingestion. The statistical distribution (min, p25, median, p75, max) is calculated from the 150 priced lots and may not fully represent the complete market picture.

Evidence

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Data basis

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