Joan Miro's Auction Record Jumps 44% With $53.5m Sale

3 min read · 18 May 2026

Portrait de Madame K. Image courtesy of Christie's

Joan Miro, Portrait de Madame K (1924) sold for $53.53m, more than twice the low estimate at Christie's in New York on May 18. The oil, charcoal and colored wax crayons on canvas work has been traded twice in the past.

The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $16.5m, a 44% rise.

Peinture (Étoile Bleue) (1927). Sold for $37.04m in 2012. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Painting-Poem ("le corps de ma brune puisque je l'aime comme ma chatte habillée en vert salade comme de la grêle c'est pareil") (1925). Sold for $26.78m in 2012. Image courtesy of Christie's

La caresse des étoiles (1938). Sold for $17.07m in 2008. Image courtesy of Christie's

Peinture (Étoile Bleue) (1927). Sold for $16.64m in 2007. Image courtesy of Aguttes Paris - Drouot

Coq (1940). Sold for $11.69m in 2007. Image courtesy of Christie's

Portrait de Mme K (1924). Sold for $11.5m in 2001. Image courtesy of Christie's

L'oiseau Au Plumage Déployé Vole Vers L'arbre Argenté (1953). Sold for $8.5m in 1989. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Le Fermier Et Son Épouse (1936). Sold for $2.45m in 1989. Image courtesy of Christie's

Femme dans la nuit (1945). Sold for $2.3m in 1986. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Femme Et Oiseaux (1940). Sold for $410,000 in 1980. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Jeune Fille moitie brune moitie rousse glissant sur le sang des Jacinthes gelees d'un camp de Foot B (1939). Sold for $400,000 in 1980. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Un Oiseau Pousuit une Abeille et la Baisse (1927). Sold for $330,000 in 1979. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Vase de fleurs et papillon (1922). Sold for $129,400 in 1972. Image courtesy of Christie's

Groupe De Personnages (1938). Sold for $72,000 in 1969. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Peinture (Étoile Bleue) (1927). Sold for $37.04m in 2012. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

The previous record was set by Peinture (Étoile Bleue) (1927), which sold for $37.04m at Sotheby's on June 19, 2012. The work had not been traded before.

Sale Date	Title	Price	Record Increase	Venue	City
May 18, 2026	Portrait de Madame K	$53.53m	45 %	Christie's	New York
June 19, 2012	Peinture (Étoile Bleue)	$37.04m	38 %	Sotheby's	London
February 07, 2012	Painting-Poem ("le corps de ma brune puisque je l'aime comme ma chatte habillée en vert salade comme de la grêle c'est pareil")	$26.78m	57 %	Christie's	London
May 06, 2008	La caresse des étoiles	$17.07m	3 %	Christie's	New York
December 21, 2007	Peinture (Étoile Bleue)	$16.64m	42 %	Aguttes Paris - Drouot	Paris
June 18, 2007	Coq	$11.69m	2 %	Christie's	London
November 06, 2001	Portrait de Mme K	$11.5m	35 %	Christie's	New York
November 15, 1989	L'oiseau Au Plumage Déployé Vole Vers L'arbre Argenté	$8.5m	247 %	Sotheby's	New York
November 13, 1989	Le Fermier Et Son Épouse	$2.45m	7 %	Christie's	New York
November 18, 1986	Femme dans la nuit	$2.3m	68 %	Sotheby's	New York
June 27, 1983	Le port	$1.37m	234 %	Christie's	London
October 22, 1980	Femme Et Oiseaux	$410,000	2 %	Sotheby's	New York
May 14, 1980	Jeune Fille moitie brune moitie rousse glissant sur le sang des Jacinthes gelees d'un camp de Foot B	$400,000	21 %	Sotheby's	New York
November 05, 1979	Un Oiseau Pousuit une Abeille et la Baisse	$330,000	38 %	Sotheby's	New York
July 03, 1974	Picture 1933	$239,700	45 %	Sotheby's	London
June 04, 1974	Donna nella notte	$165,000	28 %	Finarte	Milan
November 28, 1972	Vase de fleurs et papillon	$129,400	80 %	Christie's	London
April 30, 1969	Groupe De Personnages	$72,000	43 %	Sotheby's	London
June 23, 1965	La chevelure defaite a la fuite des constellations	$50,400	64 %	Sotheby's	London
July 04, 1962	La lampe a petrole	$30,800	-	Sotheby's	London

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