# Maurice Barraud artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-04T22:44:14.870Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1889-02-20
- Death date: 1954-11-11
- Nationality: Swiss
- Common media: painting, engraving, pastel, illustration, graphic art, decorative painting

## About Maurice Barraud

Maurice Barraud (1889–1954) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, engraver, and graphic artist active in Geneva during the first half of the twentieth century. Born on February 20, 1889, Barraud worked across a range of media that included oil painting, pastel, engraving, and decorative painting, and he was recognized as an illustrator by major bibliographic authorities. His professional activity spanned roughly 1904 to 1954. Barraud's work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and he is documented in the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and the Bénézit and Saur/Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon dictionaries. Swiss by nationality, Barraud remains a figure collectors encounter primarily through the European auction market.

## Common works and media

Barraud is known to have produced oil paintings, pastels, engravings, and graphic works, as well as decorative paintings and book illustrations. Collectors may encounter landscapes, figurative compositions, and illustrative plates. His output includes both unique works on paper and canvas as well as editioned prints. Bibliographic records reference illustrated volumes such as Noctambulismes (1921), indicating an active practice in book illustration and reproductive printmaking.

## Market and appraisal context

Maurice Barraud's auction market is well-established and liquid, with 261 recorded lots and 125 priced sales spanning 1998 to April 2026. The price distribution shows meaningful dispersion: realized prices range from approximately €30 at the low end to CHF 35,400 at the top, with a median of CHF 3,000 and an interquartile range of CHF 1,000–7,904. Ten lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window, matching the prior 12-month volume, indicating stable and consistent auction throughput. The market is concentrated in Swiss and European houses—Schuler Auktionen, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Koller Auctions, and Piguet Hôtel des Ventes in Geneva account for the bulk of volume—but Barraud also appears at Christie's, Sotheby's, and international houses such as Bertolami Fine Art (Rome) and Henry's Auktionshaus (Berlin). Recent titled lots suggest a market oriented toward oil paintings of figurative subjects (female portraits, Orientalist compositions, still lifes) and smaller works on paper, with prices for oils at Swiss houses typically in the CHF 850–3,800 range for standard-sized works in the current cycle.

## Auction-house-backed market evidence

Maurice Barraud's auction market is well-established and liquid, with 261 recorded lots and 125 priced sales spanning 1998 to April 2026. The price distribution shows meaningful dispersion: realized prices range from approximately €30 at the low end to CHF 35,400 at the top, with a median of CHF 3,000 and an interquartile range of CHF 1,000–7,904. Ten lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window, matching the prior 12-month volume, indicating stable and consistent auction throughput. The market is concentrated in Swiss and European houses—Schuler Auktionen, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Koller Auctions, and Piguet Hôtel des Ventes in Geneva account for the bulk of volume—but Barraud also appears at Christie's, Sotheby's, and international houses such as Bertolami Fine Art (Rome) and Henry's Auktionshaus (Berlin). Recent titled lots suggest a market oriented toward oil paintings of figurative subjects (female portraits, Orientalist compositions, still lifes) and smaller works on paper, with prices for oils at Swiss houses typically in the CHF 850–3,800 range for standard-sized works in the current cycle.

### Appraisal notes

Appraisily would use this auction-record evidence as a comparable-sales baseline when a collector submits a Barraud work for appraisal. The 125 priced lots provide a statistically useful sample for establishing fair-market value brackets by medium and subject. For an accurate appraisal, the following should be documented alongside the auction comparables: (1) medium confirmation—oil on canvas commands meaningfully higher prices than prints, engravings, or illustrations; (2) dimensions, as large-scale paintings cluster near the top of the price range; (3) signature and date, since Barraud's active period spans fifty years and earlier works may carry different market weight; (4) condition report, including any restoration, inpainting, or canvas relining; (5) provenance documentation, especially any exhibition or collection history linking to Swiss institutions; (6) subject classification—figurative compositions, Orientalist subjects, and still lifes appear frequently in recent sales and have observable price benchmarks. The auction record set is anchored to Swiss franc pricing, so currency conversion and the specific selling venue should be factored into any US-dollar fair-market-value opinion.

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### Collector notes

- Barraud's market is primarily Swiss and continental European. If you are buying, focus on signed oil paintings with identifiable subjects—these sit in the CHF 1,000–4,000 band at Swiss regional houses and offer a reasonable entry point relative to the artist's institutional presence (MoMA collection, RKD documentation). Prints and engravings are accessible below CHF 500 but have limited appreciation upside. If you are selling, Swiss houses such as Schuler Auktionen, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, and Koller Auctions provide the deepest buyer pools; consignment to Christie's or Sotheby's may be warranted for exceptional or large-scale works. Note that several recent Invaluable listings lack disclosed prices, which can obscure the true market for specific lots. Always verify the medium and dimensions against the lot description, as auction catalogs sometimes group Barraud prints and paintings under minimal titles.

### Market caveats

- Price distribution is derived from 125 priced lots out of 261 total; 136 lots lack disclosed realized prices, which may introduce survivorship bias toward lots that sold successfully.
- Several auction listings contain an incorrect birth year of 1899 instead of 1889, indicating occasional cataloging inconsistency that collectors should verify.
- The dataset mixes currencies (CHF, EUR, GBP). Median and percentile figures from the Appraisily index are denominated in the source currency of each lot; direct cross-currency comparison requires conversion at the relevant sale date.
- No specific art-movement association is documented for Barraud in the available sources, making stylistic attribution harder to anchor compared to artists with defined school affiliations.
- Recent auction activity is dominated by Schuler Auktionen, which lists many lots without disclosed prices; the observable price sample may underrepresent the full range of outcomes.

### Market evidence sources

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## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines institutional identity records from the Library of Congress, VIAF, Wikidata, RKD, and MoMA with auction-house context and the Appraisily/Invaluable lot database. When available, comparable public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and provenance notes are incorporated to support appraisal reasoning.

## Sources

- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98119013
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/23285023/
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/4623
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3300357
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/348