Othon Friesz Auction Prices and Value Guide

Othon Friesz auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,423 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Othon Friesz
Source records
1,423
Market update
2026-02-06

Othon Friesz market snapshot

Othon Friesz shows deep auction liquidity with 176 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (21.1% · 20 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (49.5% · 47 sales)
  • $10,000+ (29.5% · 28 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$5,080
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
5
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-18

Artist context

About Othon Friesz

Othon Friesz (1879–1949), born Henri Achille Émile Othon Friesz in Le Havre, France, was a French painter, illustrator, watercolorist, and graphic artist best known for his role in the Fauvist movement. Trained in his native Le Havre and later in Paris, Friesz emerged alongside contemporaries such as Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque as a leading figure in Fauvism during the mid-1900s, producing boldly colored landscapes and figure compositions characterized by expressive brushwork and vivid, non-naturalistic color. After the Fauvist period, his style shifted toward a more structured, traditional approach influenced by Cézanne and classical French painting. Friesz exhibited widely during his lifetime and his work is held in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate in London. He died in Paris in January 1949.

Fauvismoil paintingwatercolordrawingprintmaking

Common works and media

Friesz worked across oil on canvas, watercolor, gouache, and works on paper. Landscape and coastal scenes — particularly of the south of France, Normandy, and the Mediterranean — are the most common subjects encountered at auction. Still lifes, figure studies, and nudes also appear regularly. Prints and graphic works, including lithographs, form a smaller but accessible segment of his market. His Fauvist-era canvases are relatively scarce compared to his later, more traditional output.

Market and appraisal context

Othon Friesz has an established and liquid secondary market spanning over three decades, with 191 recorded auction lots and 102 priced results dating from 1993 to April 2026. The price distribution is wide: prints and minor works on paper start below $100, while the interquartile range runs from roughly $765 to $11,000 USD. Major Fauvist-period oils command significant premiums — the top recorded price exceeds $1.3 million USD. Six lots sold in the most recent 12-month period (up from three the year prior), indicating steady and improving liquidity. His work is traded across a broad roster of international houses, including Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Tajan, Piasa, Dorotheum, and Galerie Kornfeld, with a concentration in Paris, London, and continental European salerooms. A notable recent result is the €140,000 realized at Bonhams in June 2023 for "Le port d'Anvers," confirming strong demand for important period canvases at top-tier houses.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • oil painting
  • watercolor
  • drawing
  • printmaking
  • ceramics and decorative arts

Value drivers

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Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack does not include specific auction records or realized prices; market ranges should be confirmed against recent comparable lots.
  • Death date sources conflict (Library of Congress: 9 January 1949; RKD: 10 January 1949). This does not affect attribution but should be noted in provenance documentation.
  • Of 191 recorded lots, only 102 (53%) have published realized prices. Unpriced lots may include bought-in, withdrawn, or post-sale negotiated results, so the true transaction rate may differ.
  • The $1,308,000 maximum price represents an outlier; the median is $5,000 and the 75th percentile is $11,000. Average prices are skewed by a small number of high-value Fauvist oils.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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