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How much is Dance at Bougival worth?
Dance at Bougival is not for sale: it is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Renoir's highest documented sale: $78.1 million for Bal du moulin de la Galette, at Sotheby's New York in 1990. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.
- Artist
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Held by
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Renoir's record$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990
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About the painting
Dance at Bougival is an 1883 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Described as "one of the museum's most beloved works", it is one of three in a collection commissioned by Paul Durand-Ruel. It depicts a scene in the French village of Bougival, about 15 km from the center of Paris, a site utilized by many Impressionists besides Renoir including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Berthe Morisot.
More on the artist: the most expensive Renoir ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.
Renoir next to other famous artists
Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Renoir: $78.1 million for Bal du moulin de la Galette, in 1990.
Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.
Why it has no price
Dance at Bougival is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.
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Questions
How much is Dance at Bougival worth?
Dance at Bougival is not for sale: it is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Renoir's highest documented sale: $78.1 million for Bal du moulin de la Galette, at Sotheby's New York in 1990. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.
How much is a print of Dance at Bougival worth?
Most prints and posters of Dance at Bougival sell for $5–$250, with framed ones at the top of that range, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800. They are priced as decorative pieces, not as Renoir's work.
Is Dance at Bougival for sale?
No. It is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.
What is Renoir's most expensive work?
Bal du moulin de la Galette, which sold for $78.1 million at Sotheby's New York in 1990. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.
Where is Dance at Bougival?
Dance at Bougival (1883, oil on canvas) is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Sources
- $78.1 million, 1990: guinnessworldrecords.com
Researched October 2026 and checked against a second source. All famous painting prices
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