Renato Guttuso Auction Prices and Value Guide

Renato Guttuso auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,016 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Renato Guttuso auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Renato Guttuso
Source records
2,016
Market update
2026-02-06

Renato Guttuso market snapshot

Renato Guttuso shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,279 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 130 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-20.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (54.7% · 450 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (26.4% · 217 sales)
  • $10,000+ (19.0% · 156 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$350
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
130
Median shift vs prior year
+16.7%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-20

Artist context

About Renato Guttuso

Renato Guttuso portrait
Walter Mori (Mondadori Publishers) · Public domain · Source

Born

1911

Died

1987

Nationality

Italian

Also known as

Aldo Renato Guttuso

Renato Guttuso (1911–1987) was an Italian painter whose career also encompassed drawing, illustration, stage design, criticism, essays, and politics. Public biographical sources associate him with Italian Expressionism and describe a socially engaged form of realism shaped by historical events, contemporary life, and political conviction. His work is consequently encountered not only as autonomous paintings and drawings but also through illustrated publications and other graphic contributions. Guttuso’s public identity extended beyond the studio: he was associated with the Italian Communist Party and served in the Italian Senate from 1976 to 1983. Museum and authority profiles maintained by institutions including MoMA, Getty, VIAF, IdRef, and the Library of Congress help distinguish him from similarly named people and connect records across collections. Collectors may encounter his name across a broad body of auction material, making careful identification of the object type, medium, date, and relationship to his documented practice especially important.

Italian ExpressionismSocially engaged realismPaintingDrawingIllustrationStage designSocial and political commentaryHistorical and contemporary social experience

Common works and media

Sources identify painting as Guttuso’s primary field while also documenting drawing, illustration, and stage design. Auction and appraisal contexts may therefore include paintings, unique works on paper, drawings made for publications, and books containing his illustrations. These categories should not be treated as interchangeable: an original drawing, a reproduced image, and an illustrated edition represent different kinds of objects and require separate comparison sets. The collected sources do not establish which subjects, formats, or periods appear most frequently at auction.

Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily index associates 2,016 auction records with Renato Guttuso, indicating a substantial body of material for comparison, but the collected research pack does not include individual lot evidence or a major auction-house market analysis. Appraisal should begin by identifying whether an object is a painting, an original drawing, a book-related illustration, or another form of graphic work. For illustrated publications, an original contribution should be distinguished from a printed reproduction. Subject matter may also help place a work within Guttuso’s socially and politically engaged practice. Any valuation conclusion still requires object-specific evidence, including dimensions, materials, condition, attribution, provenance, and relevant dated comparable sales; this profile does not support a price forecast or market-trend claim.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings and other works on paper
  • Illustrated books and book-related graphic work

Value drivers

  1. Medium and object type should be established because Guttuso worked across painting, drawing, illustration, and stage design.
  2. For book-related material, appraisal should distinguish an original drawing from a reproduced illustration or a publication containing his illustrations.
  3. Subject matter and its relationship to Guttuso's documented social and political concerns can help place a work within his broader practice.

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no extracted major-auction-house catalogue essays, individual lot descriptions, realized prices, or condition reports.
  • No price trend, record price, scarcity claim, or forward-looking valuation conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.
  • Authority files improve entity matching but do not by themselves authenticate an individual object or establish its market value.

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 Renato Guttuso

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Renato Guttuso 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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