Maurice Utrillo Auction Prices and Value Guide

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Artist
Maurice Utrillo
Source records
3,245
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Maurice Utrillo

Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) was a French painter best known for his evocative cityscapes of Montmartre and the streets of Paris. Born Maurice Valadon in Montmartre, he was the son of the painter Suzanne Valadon; his legal father, Miguel Utrillo i Morlius, formally claimed paternity in 1891, after which Maurice took the surname Utrillo. Associated with the School of Paris, Utrillo worked across oil, gouache, pastel, watercolor, and lithography, but it is his densely rendered views of white-washed Parisian walls and winding hillside streets that defined his reputation. His so-called White Period (c. 1909–1914), in which he mixed plaster and sand into his paint to capture the texture of Montmartre buildings, remains the most celebrated phase of his career. Works by Utrillo are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, and major museums worldwide.

School of Parisoil paintinggouachelithographypastelMontmartre cityscapes and street scenesParisian architecture

Common works and media

Collectors most frequently encounter Utrillo's oil paintings and gouaches depicting Montmartre street scenes, village squares, churches, and Parisian alleys. He also produced watercolors, pastels, drawings, and lithographs, many repeating similar architectural subjects. Lithographic prints and posters after his compositions circulate widely and are generally priced below unique works. Editioned prints and reproduced postcards are common in the secondary market and should be distinguished from original works.

Market and appraisal context

Maurice Utrillo has a deep and well-documented secondary market with 2,063 recorded auction lots, of which 1,231 carry realized prices spanning from 1998 to April 2026. The price distribution is extremely broad—realized prices range from $5 for reproduction prints and postcards to $17 million for top-tier White Period oil paintings—reflecting the wide spectrum of media and quality in his output. The interquartile range sits between $2,200 (P25) and $79,524 (P75) with a median of $37,500, indicating that mid-market unique works (gouaches, smaller oils) trade in the mid-five-figure USD zone. Liquidity remains strong: 143 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window (down from 187 the prior year), and sales are anchored by blue-chip houses including Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Artcurial, Koller Auctions, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, and Tajan. Recent comparable lots illustrate the tiering clearly: a Christie's Paris sale realized €95,250 for an oil of Église de Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or, another Christie's oil of Commune de Maixe fetched $127,000, while prints and lithographs at regional houses traded between $20 and $800. The decline from 187 to 143 lots year-over-year may reflect ordinary market cycling rather than structural weakness, but it is worth monitoring.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Impressionist and Modern Art
  • Works on Paper
  • Prints and Multiples
  • Old Master and 19th Century Paintings
  • Post-War and Contemporary Art

Value drivers

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Appraisal caveats

  • Utrillo was prolific and his catalogue is large, meaning attribution questions arise frequently; auction records should be verified against the catalogue raisonné
  • The Getty ULAN record (vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500008404) was unavailable during this research cycle, limiting one authority cross-check
  • No major auction-house source pages were available in this source pack; auction category assignments are inferred from the artist's known market presence
  • Utrillo's catalogue is large and attribution questions arise frequently; any appraisal should include verification against the Fabris catalogue raisonné

Evidence

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Data basis

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