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Amedee Ozenfant's Auction Record Jumps 27%

3 min read  ·  20 Nov 2024

La Source: Femme au broc. Image courtesy of Christie's

La Source: Femme au broc. Image courtesy of Christie's

Amedee Ozenfant, La Source: Femme au broc (1927) sold for $1.01m, more than one and a half times the low estimate at Christie's in New York on November 19. The oil on canvas work has been traded 4 times in the past.

The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $218,600, a 27% rise.

Le Pichet Blanc . Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Le Pichet Blanc . Image courtesy of Sotheby's

The previous record was set by *Le Pichet Blanc * (1926), which sold for $789,400 at Sotheby's on June 26, 2008. The work had not been traded before.

Sale DateTitlePriceRecord IncreaseVenueCity
2024-11-19La Source: Femme au broc$1.01m28 %Christie'sNew York
2008-06-26Le Pichet Blanc$789,400134 %Sotheby'sLondon
2003-02-05Composition II$337,40069 %Sotheby'sLondon
1989-05-10Mural$200,00027 %Sotheby'sNew York
1988-11-30Nombreux Objets$157,20035 %Sotheby'sLondon
1988-06-28Nature morte aux verres bouteilles et pot blanc$116,8002 %Christie'sLondon
1986-12-02Vases$114,800100 %Sotheby'sLondon
1985-11-14Nature morte aux bouteilles$57,500-Sotheby'sNew York