Yvon Taillandier Auction Prices and Value Guide

Yvon Taillandier auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 208 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Yvon Taillandier auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Yvon Taillandier
Source records
208
Market update
2026-02-16

Yvon Taillandier market snapshot

Yvon Taillandier shows solid auction liquidity with 131 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-04-09.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (86.6% · 71 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (13.4% · 11 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$700
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-04-09

Artist context

About Yvon Taillandier

Yvon Taillandier (1926–2018) was a French painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and art critic who spent his career in Paris. Largely self-taught, he became active as an artist from 1945 onward and developed a personal visual language he called 'figuration libératrice et altruiste'—liberating and altruistic figuration. Alongside his studio practice, Taillandier built a parallel career as an art historian and critic, contributing to the French critical discourse on post-war and contemporary art. His painted and sculpted works inhabit an imaginary realm he named 'Taillandier-land,' populated by brightly colored, optimistic figures he described as joyful hymns. With over two hundred lots recorded in Appraisily's auction database, Taillandier's work appears regularly on the secondary market, where collectors encounter paintings, drawings, graphic prints, and sculptures spanning several decades of production.

Figuration libératricepaintingsculpturegraphic artdrawingjoyful, celebratory imagery (self-described 'hymns to joy')

Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Taillandier's oil paintings on canvas, ink or graphite drawings, color lithographs and other graphic prints, and occasional small-scale sculptures. His subjects tend toward imaginative, figurative compositions set in his invented 'Taillandier-land,' featuring vibrant palettes and celebratory themes. Works on paper and prints appear with some regularity at European auction houses, while paintings and sculptures are less frequently offered.

Market and appraisal context

Yvon Taillandier's work circulates on the secondary market primarily as paintings, works on paper, graphic prints, and sculpture. The Appraisily database records 208 lots attributed to the artist, indicating consistent but moderate auction presence. Key factors that may affect appraisal include the specific medium (oil on canvas generally commands higher interest than graphic prints), the work's date and period, provenance, condition, and whether the piece belongs to his signature 'Taillandier-land' series. RKD records confirm at least one auction through Ader (Paris, 2006). Collectors should verify attribution carefully, as Taillandier worked across multiple mediums throughout a long career, and should rely on comparable public auction records when assessing value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Post-War European painting
  • Works on paper
  • Sculpture

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support (oil on canvas vs. works on paper vs. graphic prints)
  2. Subject matter and series (Taillandier-land themed works may carry narrative interest)
  3. Provenance and exhibition history
  4. Condition and attribution

Appraisal caveats

  • No major-auction-house or auction-database price records are available in the collected source pack. Market-context statements are inferred from the artist's documented mediums and the Appraisily lot count (208). Specific valuation guidance requires comparable sale data.
  • RKD documents at least one auction record (Ader, Paris, 2006), confirming secondary-market activity, but the source pack does not include realized prices.

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Yvon Taillandier

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Yvon Taillandier 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 Yvon Taillandier artwork?

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