Art Market Overview: Pierre Soulages, a Master of the Market

Published on 18 November 2022, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

In recent years Pierre Soulages, a major figure in abstraction who died on October 26 this year at 102, was the living French artist with the highest price index.

Painting 195 x 130 cm, August 4, 1961 by Pierre Soulages sold for $20.14 million... Art Market Overview: Pierre Soulages, a Master of the Market

Painting 195 x 130 cm, August 4, 1961 by Pierre Soulages sold for $20.14 million at Sotheby's New York, 2021.
© Sotheby's

His earliest paintings from the 1950s and 1960s are the ones that sell for the most, according to Art Price. For example, a painting from his "red" period…

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