Dora Maar
French · 1907–1997 · Painter, Printmaker
Henriette Theodora Markovitch, known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. From 1935 to… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Untitled (double-exposed portrait)Phillips · $100,000≈ £80,392≈ €93,888Sign up to see
Portrait de profil à la coiffure en hauteurPhillips · $37,500≈ £28,332≈ €31,907Sign up to see
Gamin aux Chaussures DépareillésPhillips · $32,500≈ £26,128≈ €30,514Sign up to see
Dora Maar’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).
Price trend
2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 5 | 5 | 100% | $1.8kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Oil | 5 | 5 | 100% | $1.8kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 82 | 78 | 95% | $2kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $7.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 18 | 18 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Gouache | 6 | 5 | 83% | $2.2kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $6.3kSign up |
| Drawing | 41 | 39 | 95% | $1.4kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $4kSign up |
| Photography | 10 | 9 | 90% | $27.5kSign up | $20.4kSign up | $100kSign up |
| Photograph | 10 | 9 | 90% | $27.5kSign up | $20.4kSign up | $100kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $13.7kSign up | $13.7kSign up | $13.7kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.