Maurice Barraud Auction Prices and Value Guide
Maurice Barraud auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 725 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Maurice Barraud auction prices: quick answer
Maurice Barraud auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Maurice Barraud
- Source records
- 725
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Maurice Barraud
Maurice Barraud (1889–1954) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, engraver, and graphic artist active in Geneva during the first half of the twentieth century. Born on February 20, 1889, Barraud worked across a range of media that included oil painting, pastel, engraving, and decorative painting, and he was recognized as an illustrator by major bibliographic authorities. His professional activity spanned roughly 1904 to 1954. Barraud's work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and he is documented in the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and the Bénézit and Saur/Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon dictionaries. Swiss by nationality, Barraud remains a figure collectors encounter primarily through the European auction market.
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Common works and media
Barraud is known to have produced oil paintings, pastels, engravings, and graphic works, as well as decorative paintings and book illustrations. Collectors may encounter landscapes, figurative compositions, and illustrative plates. His output includes both unique works on paper and canvas as well as editioned prints. Bibliographic records reference illustrated volumes such as Noctambulismes (1921), indicating an active practice in book illustration and reproductive printmaking.
Market and appraisal context
Maurice Barraud's auction market is well-established and liquid, with 261 recorded lots and 125 priced sales spanning 1998 to April 2026. The price distribution shows meaningful dispersion: realized prices range from approximately €30 at the low end to CHF 35,400 at the top, with a median of CHF 3,000 and an interquartile range of CHF 1,000–7,904. Ten lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window, matching the prior 12-month volume, indicating stable and consistent auction throughput. The market is concentrated in Swiss and European houses—Schuler Auktionen, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Koller Auctions, and Piguet Hôtel des Ventes in Geneva account for the bulk of volume—but Barraud also appears at Christie's, Sotheby's, and international houses such as Bertolami Fine Art (Rome) and Henry's Auktionshaus (Berlin). Recent titled lots suggest a market oriented toward oil paintings of figurative subjects (female portraits, Orientalist compositions, still lifes) and smaller works on paper, with prices for oils at Swiss houses typically in the CHF 850–3,800 range for standard-sized works in the current cycle.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- painting
- engraving
- pastel
- illustration
- graphic art
Value drivers
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Appraisal caveats
- No auction records or realized prices are included in the available source pack; market observations are drawn from institutional records of mediums and activity period only.
- With 725 recorded lots in the Appraisily/Invaluable dataset, Barraud's work appears regularly at auction, but specific price ranges require review of individual comparable sales.
- Price distribution is derived from 125 priced lots out of 261 total; 136 lots lack disclosed realized prices, which may introduce survivorship bias toward lots that sold successfully.
- Several auction listings contain an incorrect birth year of 1899 instead of 1889, indicating occasional cataloging inconsistency that collectors should verify.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- VIAF library authority
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
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 Maurice Barraud 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.
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