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French · 1907–1997 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 100 lots (30% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Dora Maar: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1930s109$20.4kSign upPhotograph
1940s22$4kSign upWatercolor
1950s88$3.6kSign upOil
1970s22$1.7kSign upDrawing
1980s22$7.1kSign upOther
1990s66$2.4kSign upDrawing

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1930s 10 works

Sold
9 of 10
Median
$20.4kSign up
Average
$27.5kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 8.5 in (29 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5)

1940s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 7 in (19 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2)

1950s 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
22 × 19 in (57 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Gouache (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (3)

1970s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
12 × 9.5 in (31 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Abstract (1)

1980s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$7.1kSign up
Average
$7.1kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 8 in (27 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
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1990s 6 works

Sold
6 of 6
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 14.5 in (27 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (4), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Abstract (1), Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)

Creation date not recorded

70 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$2.3kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$400Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 10.5 in (26 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Drawing (2), Gouache (2)
Subjects
Abstract (3), Flowers & still life (1)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 62 works

Sold
58 of 62
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 11 in (24 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (33), Watercolor (12), Oil (9)
Subjects
Abstract (11), Flowers & still life (10), Landscapes (3)
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Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Dora Maar auction results →