# Gottfried Honegger artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/gottfried-honegger/ Profile generated: 2026-05-04T20:11:00.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1917-06-12 - Death date: 2016-01-17 - Nationality: Swiss - Common media: painting, sculpture, printmaking, collage, graphic design ## About Gottfried Honegger Gottfried Honegger (1917–2016) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, printmaker, collagist, and graphic designer whose career spanned more than seven decades. Born on June 12, 1917, in Switzerland, he built a multifaceted practice across fine art and graphic design that brought his work into both museum collections and the commercial sphere. Honegger was also a noted art collector. His work is represented in major institutional collections, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and he is recorded in leading authority databases such as the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), the Getty Union List of Artist Names, and VIAF. The breadth of his output—encompassing painting, sculpture, collage, and printmaking—has made his work a steady presence in the international art market. ## Common works and media Honegger's auction appearances most commonly include abstract paintings, geometric sculptures, silkscreen and lithographic prints, and mixed-media collages. He also produced graphic design work and artist multiples. Collectors may encounter both unique paintings and sculptures as well as editioned prints across a range of sizes and formats. ## Market and appraisal context Gottfried Honegger (1917–2016) maintains an active and well-documented secondary market. The Appraisily auction-record index tracks 335 lots, of which 187 carry a realized price, spanning sales from March 1999 through April 2026. His work trades predominantly through Swiss and French houses—Koller Auctions, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Germann Auction House Ltd, Cornette de Saint-Cyr, and Leclere—with additional reach via Sotheby's, Christie's, and RoGallery in New York. The price distribution is wide: the median stands at approximately $1,100 (converted), the 25th percentile at $325, and the 75th percentile at $6,000, with a recorded ceiling of $62,500. This dispersion reflects the distinction between editioned prints and multiples on the lower end and unique paintings or sculptures at the upper end. Liquidity is steady, with 23 lots recorded in the most recent 12-month window and 38 in the prior 12-month period, indicating consistent market interest from both European and North American collectors. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Gottfried Honegger (1917–2016) maintains an active and well-documented secondary market. The Appraisily auction-record index tracks 335 lots, of which 187 carry a realized price, spanning sales from March 1999 through April 2026. His work trades predominantly through Swiss and French houses—Koller Auctions, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Germann Auction House Ltd, Cornette de Saint-Cyr, and Leclere—with additional reach via Sotheby's, Christie's, and RoGallery in New York. The price distribution is wide: the median stands at approximately $1,100 (converted), the 25th percentile at $325, and the 75th percentile at $6,000, with a recorded ceiling of $62,500. This dispersion reflects the distinction between editioned prints and multiples on the lower end and unique paintings or sculptures at the upper end. Liquidity is steady, with 23 lots recorded in the most recent 12-month window and 38 in the prior 12-month period, indicating consistent market interest from both European and North American collectors. ### Appraisal notes An Appraisily appraisal for a Honegger work would combine the auction-record evidence below with detailed photographs (front, verso, signature, any edition numbering), measured dimensions, confirmed medium, condition report, and documented provenance. Comparable lots should be filtered by medium—screenprints and intaglios cluster around $250–$460, unique works on paper and reliefs around €1,900–CHF 6,000, and larger paintings and sculptures can reach CHF 7,500–9,500 at houses like Koller and Artcurial. Edition size and numbering materially affect value for prints. Provenance from a major institution or well-known collection, or documentation in a catalogue raisonné, would warrant upward adjustment. Attribution should be cross-referenced against RKD (artist ID 39425) and Getty ULAN (500027064) records. ### Valuation factors - Medium is the primary value driver: unique paintings and sculptures command multiples of print prices - Editioned screenprints and intaglios trade in the $250–$460 range; unique works range from approximately €1,900 to CHF 9,500 at mid-tier houses, with peaks to $62,500 at major houses - Auction-house tier matters: Sotheby's and Christie's lots tend to realize higher prices than regional Swiss or French houses - Date of execution and period within Honegger's seven-decade career affect desirability - Condition, provenance clarity, and institutional exhibition history can meaningfully adjust value - Edition size and numbering are critical for prints and multiples—smaller editions carry premiums - Currency and geographic market influence results: Swiss-franc denominated sales at Koller and Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer show the strongest recent results ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - Price data mixes currencies (USD, EUR, CHF); median and percentile figures are not currency-adjusted and should be interpreted as directional rather than exact benchmarks. - Many recent lots (roughly half) show null price-realized values, indicating either unsold lots or results not yet reported; actual liquidity may differ from the lot-count figures. - Movement and subject classification could not be confirmed from the collected sources; Honegger is widely associated with Concrete Art and geometric abstraction, but this should be verified through museum or scholarly publications. - Getty ULAN and Library of Congress authority records returned service errors during data collection; their classification details were unavailable for corroboration. - The $62,500 maximum price represents a single outlier and is not representative of typical results; the 75th percentile of $6,000 is a more useful upper reference for most works. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/gottfried-honegger/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-brown-blue-green-composition-screenprint-and-intaglio-116-c-3e44524b23 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-swiss-1917-2016-espace-3-110-c-f184671b7a - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-3424-c-b724d1d8a7 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-1917-2016-79-c-504488c8d5 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-ohne-titel-86-c-f6b13effec - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-1917-2016-diagonal-819-c-1a24d94988 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gottfried-honegger-1917-2016-8138-c-d48aa6f038 ## Appraisily data basis This Appraisily artist page combines identity research grounded in museum records, library authority files, and institutional databases with available auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. When full auction data is not yet loaded, the page reflects what can be reliably established from public authority and museum sources. ## Sources - RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/39425 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/114269842/ - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115873 - The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2719 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Honegger - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027064 - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82256087