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How much is Luncheon of the Boating Party worth?

Luncheon of the Boating Party is not for sale: it is held by The Phillips Collection, Washington, 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.

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Date: 1881
Medium: Oil on canvas
Held by: The Phillips Collection, Washington

Renoir's record$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990

About the painting

A sunlit gathering of Renoir's friends on the balcony of the Maison Fournaise restaurant along the Seine at Chatou. It combines portraiture, still life and landscape in one lively scene of modern leisure. It is a centrepiece of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.

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Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Renoir: $78.1 million for Bal du moulin de la Galette, in 1990.

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Botticelli$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021
Renoir$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990
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Caillebotte$53MJeune homme à sa fenêtre · 2021
Raphael$47.9MHead of an Apostle, black chalk study for the Transfiguration · 2012

Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.

Why it has no price

Luncheon of the Boating Party is held by The Phillips Collection, Washington. 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 Luncheon of the Boating Party worth?

Luncheon of the Boating Party is not for sale: it is held by The Phillips Collection, Washington, 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.

Is Luncheon of the Boating Party for sale?

No. It is held by The Phillips Collection, Washington. 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 Luncheon of the Boating Party?

Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881, oil on canvas) is held by The Phillips Collection, Washington.

Sources

$78.1 million, 1990: guinnessworldrecords.com

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