Abelardo Morell

American · b. 1948 · Painter, Photographer

Abelardo Morell is a contemporary artist widely known for turning rooms into camera obscuras and then capturing the marriage of interior and exterior in large format… (Wikipedia)

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$7 MillionPhillips · Nov 2015£17,500≈ $26,492≈ €24,385Sign up to see
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Rooftop View of the Brooklyn BridgePhillips · Apr 2019$21,250≈ £16,179≈ €18,941Sign up to see
Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in OfficePhillips · Oct 2015$18,750≈ £12,273≈ €16,661Sign up to see

Abelardo Morell’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

ArtSell has recorded 91 auction results for Abelardo Morell between 2013 and 2026, of which 78 sold (86%). Recorded sale prices range from $692Sign up free to see to $26.5kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $26.5kSign up free to see for $7 Million at Phillips in November 2015. The most common medium is photographs (87 lots). Most results come from Phillips (53), Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (15) and Rago Auctions (13).

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'Detail of Book Damaged by Water' (from 'Books'), 2001
Photograph · ed. 4/5
45 3/4 x 59 1/2 in. (116.2 x 151.1 cm.)
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2026 · Lot 142
$9,600≈ £7,173≈ €8,417Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–12,000View at Bonhams ↗
Le Antichita Romane by Piranesi #2, 1994
Photograph
22 1/2 x 18 in. (57.2 x 45.7 cm)
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026 · Lot 156
$4,515≈ £3,358≈ €3,855Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–1,800View at Phillips ↗
Camera Obscura: Image of San Francisco Looking East, 2002
Photograph · ed. 21/30
13 5/8 x 17 in. (34.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026 · Lot 10
$960≈ £713≈ €813Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
Book: Three Women by Hopper, 2000
Photograph
18 h x 22½ w in (46 x 57 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025 · Lot 158
$762≈ £569≈ €651Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Camera Obscura Image of Times Square in Hotel Room, 1997
Photograph
18 h x 22½ w in (46 x 57 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025 · Lot 161
$7,620≈ £5,693≈ €6,505Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
1841 Book of Proverbs for the Blind #1, 1995
Photograph
22⅜ h x 18 w in (57 x 46 cm)
Rago Auctions · Nov 21, 2025 · Lot 202
$5,016≈ £3,833≈ €4,354Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Book: Boy with Fruit by Caravaggio, 1993
Photograph
17⅞ h x 22⅜ w in (45 x 57 cm)
Rago Auctions · Nov 21, 2025 · Lot 203
$2,413≈ £1,844≈ €2,095Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Rago Auctions ↗
'Book and Camera, in Memory of Fox Talbot', 1999
Photograph · ed. 5/30
18 x 22 1/2 in. (45.7 x 57.2 cm.)
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025 · Lot 88
$3,072≈ £2,313≈ €2,656Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Bonhams ↗
Camera Obscura Image of Times Square in Hotel Room, 1997
Photograph
18 1/8 x 22 3/8 in. (46 x 56.8 cm)
Phillips · Oct 9, 2025 · Lot 209
$12,900≈ £9,647≈ €11,110Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room, 1996
Photograph · ed. 4/30
18 x 22 1/2 in. (45.7 x 57.2 cm)
Phillips · Oct 9, 2025 · Lot 210
$8,385≈ £6,271≈ €7,222Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗

Abelardo Morell photographs (87)

Abelardo Morell: quick facts

What is the highest price paid for a work by Abelardo Morell at auction?

$26,492Sign up free to see, for $7 Million at Phillips (November 2015) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.

What is a typical auction price for Abelardo Morell?

The median sale price is $4.8kSign up free to see across 77 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.

How many works by Abelardo Morell have sold at auction?

78 of 91 recorded lots sold between 2013 and 2026.

Which auction houses sell Abelardo Morell?

Phillips, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) and Rago Auctions account for the most recorded results. Phillips · Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Rago Auctions

Abelardo Morell signature

60 catalogued lots by Abelardo Morell record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (75% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

on the reverse3
in the margin1

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signed58
signed and dated2

Signed, titled, dated and numbered verso — Camera Obscura Image of the Florence Baptistry in Hotel Room #2/30, Levis Fine Art Auctions, Nov 6, 2022
Signed, dated and numbered verso — Camera Obscura, Havana #7/20, Levis Fine Art Auctions, Nov 7, 2021
Signed and dated on the verso — Camera Obscura: The Pantheon in Hotel Albergo del Sole Room #111, Rome, Italy, Phillips, Apr 8, 2021

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About Abelardo Morell

Abelardo Morell is a contemporary artist widely known for turning rooms into camera obscuras and then capturing the marriage of interior and exterior in large format photographs. He is also known for his 'tent-camera,' a device he invented to merge landscapes with the texture and composition of the ground where he places his camera and tripod to record the simultaneity of close and far, majestic and mundane.

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