3 min read · 05 Jun 2026

Victor Victorios écrasant les envoûteurs. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Victor Brauner, Victor Victorios écrasant les envoûteurs (1949) sold for $998,000 (EUR857,600), more than two and a half times the low estimate at Sotheby's in Paris on June 3. The oil on canvas work has been traded once in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $4,996, a 0.5% rise.






Tableau Autobiographique - Ultratableau Biosensible (1948). Sold for $993,000 in 2008. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
The previous record was set by Tableau Autobiographique - Ultratableau Biosensible (1948), which sold for $993,000 at Sotheby's on May 07, 2008. The work had not been traded before.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 03, 2026 | Victor Victorios écrasant les envoûteurs | $998,000 | 1 % | Sotheby's | Paris |
May 07, 2008 | Tableau Autobiographique - Ultratableau Biosensible | $993,000 | 12 % | Sotheby's | New York |
April 09, 2008 | Eventail du poète | $884,100 | 17 % | Artcurial | Paris |
April 14, 2003 | Etrange cas de Monsieur K | $754,100 | 85 % | Calmels Cohen | Paris |
March 25, 1990 | Visage de l'air | $407,700 | 30 % | Loudmer | Paris |
November 30, 1988 | Eleonore et le Vampire | $314,400 | 133 % | Sotheby's | London |
May 11, 1988 | Untitled | $135,000 | 4 % | Sotheby's | New York |
November 05, 1979 | Morphologie de L'Homme | $130,000 | 58 % | Sotheby's | New York |
May 21, 1975 | Mythotomie | $82,500 | 14 % | Sotheby's | New York |
July 04, 1973 | Autoenroulement | $72,200 | 136 % | Sotheby's | London |
April 12, 1973 | Orothogonal de la memoire | $30,600 | 3 % | Finarte Casa d'Aste | Rome |
March 28, 1973 | Object Subjectivité | $29,800 | - | Sotheby's | London |
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