Louis Süe Auction Prices and Value Guide

Louis Süe auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 178 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Louis Süe auction prices: quick answer

Louis Süe auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Louis Süe
Source records
178
Market update
2026-02-16

Louis Süe market snapshot

Louis Süe shows solid auction liquidity with 106 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-02.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (22.8% · 13 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (57.9% · 33 sales)
  • $10,000+ (19.3% · 11 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$2,800
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
6
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-02

Artist context

About Louis Süe

Louis Süe portrait
Jean-Pierre Laurens · Public domain · Source

Born

1875

Died

1968

Nationality

French

Also known as

Marie-Louis Süe

Louis Süe (1875–1968) was a French architect, painter, decorator, and furniture designer associated with Art Deco. Born in Bordeaux and later active within French architecture and decorative arts, he worked across disciplines rather than confining his practice to a single medium. Süe and André Mare co-founded the Compagnie des arts français, an enterprise known for furniture and interior decoration. His broader design activity also encompassed buildings and major interiors, including work connected with passenger liners. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings as well as furniture, decorative objects, interior schemes, and architectural or design material. This varied practice makes precise identification important: a work may relate to Süe as an individual designer, to his partnership with Mare, or to the Compagnie des arts français. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and other national libraries provide stable identifiers for matching his identity across collections and catalogues.

Art DecoPaintingFurniture designInterior design and decorationArchitecture

Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may place Louis Süe under paintings, furniture, decorative arts, interior design, or architectural design. Furniture and interior-related material may also be catalogued through his association with André Mare and the Compagnie des arts français. Because these categories differ substantially in function and authorship, the object's materials, construction, markings, documentation, and catalogued attribution should be assessed before selecting comparable records.

Market and appraisal context

Louis Süe's multidisciplinary career means that appraisal begins by identifying the type of work and the capacity in which his name is connected to it. A painting, furniture design, decorative object, or architectural document should not be treated as an interchangeable market category. Documented authorship and any relationship to André Mare or the Compagnie des arts français are especially relevant because collaborative production forms part of Süe's recorded career. Dating a work and establishing its connection to his Art Deco activity can further refine the appropriate comparison set. The collected sources do not provide detailed auction-house essays or object-level sale evidence, so market conclusions should be based on verified attribution and closely comparable public auction records rather than broad artist-level assumptions.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Furniture and furniture designs
  • Decorative arts and interior-design objects

Value drivers

  1. Whether a work is attributed to Süe individually or connected to his collaboration with André Mare and the Compagnie des arts français
  2. The work type and intended function, such as painting, furniture, interior decoration, or architectural design
  3. The work's date and documented relationship to Süe's Art Deco design activity
  4. Comparison with relevant public auction records for the same object type and attribution when such records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no major-auction-house lot essays or detailed sale records, so it does not support conclusions about price trends or category-specific market performance.
  • The source pack does not provide object-level evidence about provenance, condition, dimensions, materials, signatures, or restoration; these require examination of the individual work.
  • Collaborative and workshop-related design objects require careful attribution because the source pack identifies Süe's professional partnership with André Mare.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium 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 Louis Süe

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Louis Süe 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 Louis Süe artwork?

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