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Lucas Samaras

American · 1936–2024 · Painter, Printmaker

Lucas Samaras was a Greek-born American photographer, sculptor, and painter. (Wikipedia)

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UntitledBonhams · Feb 2026$114,800≈ £85,353≈ €97,677Sign up to see
Photo-Transformation (Eye)Bonhams · Oct 2025$48,640≈ £36,618≈ €42,047Sign up to see
XYZ 0823 (Chinoiserie)Rago Auctions · Jan 2026$18,480≈ £13,404≈ €15,433Sign up to see

Lucas Samaras’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).

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Lucas Samaras, Untitled, oil on canvas board — Untitled
Bonhams · Jul 29, 2026
$5,376Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, circa 1958, oil on canvas board — Untitled, circa 1958
Bonhams · Jul 29, 2026
$7,680Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation (Seated Figure), 1976, Unique manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print; dated '7/2/76' in ink on the reverse — Photo-Transformation (Seated Figure), 1976
Bonhams · Apr 9, 2026
$7,680Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation (Torso), 1976, Unique manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print; dated '6/17/76' in ink on the reverse — Photo-Transformation (Torso), 1976
Bonhams · Apr 9, 2026
$7,040Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, circa 1970, oil on board — Untitled, circa 1970
Bonhams · Mar 12, 2026
$5,120Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, circa 1955, oil on canvas — Untitled, circa 1955
Bonhams · Feb 19, 2026
$12,160Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, circa 1960, pins and printed x-ray laid on board — Untitled, circa 1960
Bonhams · Feb 19, 2026
$114,800Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, circa 1960, pin and yarns in Plexiglas — Untitled, circa 1960
Bonhams · Feb 19, 2026
$16,640Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, XYZ 0823 (Chinoiserie), 2012, pure pigment on paper mounted to Dibond — XYZ 0823 (Chinoiserie), 2012
Rago Auctions · Jan 28, 2026
$18,480Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · Jan 28, 2026
$9,525Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, circa 1970s, oil on paperboard — Untitled, circa 1970s
Bonhams · Nov 24, 2025
$3,840Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · Nov 12, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled (Vase with Flowers) — Untitled (Vase with Flowers)
Bonhams · Oct 22, 2025
$4,864Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation (Eye), 1973, Unique manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print; dated '11/3/73' in ink on the reverse — Photo-Transformation (Eye), 1973
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$48,640Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation (Body), 1976, Unique manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print; dated '7/30/76' in ink on the reverse — Photo-Transformation (Body), 1976
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$7,680Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · Jul 30, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · Jul 30, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, 1962, pastel and crayon on paper — Untitled, 1962
Rago Auctions · May 21, 2025
$9,240Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · May 21, 2025
$6,600Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Hook; and Ribbon, 1972, Two screenprints in colors, on wove paper, with full margins — Hook; and Ribbon, 1972
Phillips · Apr 16, 2025
$1,651Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · Jan 29, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Set Up 34 from Photofictions, 2003, Pigment print — Set Up 34 from Photofictions, 2003
Phillips · Dec 10, 2024
$5,080Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation 7/6/75, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation 7/6/75, 1975
Rago Auctions · Nov 13, 2024
$8,190Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 7/29/76, 1976, Unique Polaroid SX-70 print — Photo-Transformation, 7/29/76, 1976
Phillips · Oct 9, 2024
$7,620Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1975, SX-70 Polaroid, instant internal dye diffusion transfer print — Photo-Transformation, 1975
Rago Auctions · Sep 27, 2024
$6,300Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Clenched Couple, 1975, screenprint in colors — Clenched Couple, 1975
Rago Auctions · Jul 12, 2024
$378Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Album Deluxe, 1971, hardcover with acetate dust jacket and polaroid photograph in glassine envelope — Album Deluxe, 1971
Wright · Apr 18, 2024
$756Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Large Drawing #18, ink and crayon on paper — Large Drawing #18
Bonhams · Nov 1, 2023
$7,040Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Cutout Colored Pencil Drawing #2, 1982, Unique colored pencil, on black cutout wove paper, framed — Cutout Colored Pencil Drawing #2, 1982
Phillips · Oct 24, 2023
$9,525Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Modern Match, Serigraph — Modern Match
Clarke Auction Gallery · Jul 20, 2023
$175Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 7/30/76, 1976, Unique Polaroid print — Photo-Transformation, 7/30/76, 1976
Phillips · Apr 6, 2022
$7,560Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, 1968, graphite on cut paper — Untitled, 1968
Phillips · Mar 9, 2022
$8,190Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Large Abandon with Hatch Marks, bronze — Large Abandon with Hatch Marks
Bonhams · Feb 4, 2021
$7,013Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Hand, Screenprint — Hand
Clarke Auction Gallery · Sep 13, 2020
$600Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, 1961, pastel and crayon on paper — Untitled, 1961
Wright · Sep 27, 2018
$5,313Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Fork/Spoon #14, 1975, painted plaster in artist's display case — Fork/Spoon #14, 1975
Wright · Sep 27, 2018
$7,500Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Photo-transformation, July 4, 1975, Polaroid print — Photo-transformation, July 4, 1975
Phillips · Apr 2, 2015
$10,625Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Hook; Ribbon, 1972 (2), Screenprints in colors on wove paper, each signed in pencil — Hook; Ribbon, 1972 (2)
Bonhams · Apr 29, 2012
$250Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: PHOTO TRANSFORMATIONS), Polaroid — UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: PHOTO TRANSFORMATIONS)
Lempertz · Jun 3, 2010
€2,880Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: PHOTO TRANSFORMATIONS), Polaroid — UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: PHOTO TRANSFORMATIONS)
Lempertz · Jun 3, 2010
€2,880Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Ohne Titel (Photo-Transformation), Polaroid — Ohne Titel (Photo-Transformation)
Lempertz · Jun 2, 2007
€4,165Sign up free to see

Lucas Samaras, Ohne Titel (Photo-Transformation), Polaroid — Ohne Titel (Photo-Transformation)
Lempertz · Jun 2, 2007
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Lucas Samaras, Untitled, oil on canvas board — Untitled
Bonhams · Jul 29, 2026

Lucas Samaras, Untitled (Two Works), 1958 — Untitled (Two Works), 1958
Bonhams · Jul 29, 2026

Lucas Samaras, Untitled (Sitting Figure) — Untitled (Sitting Figure)
Bonhams · Mar 19, 2026

Lucas Samaras, Untitled (Sitting Figure) — Untitled (Sitting Figure)
Bonhams · Oct 22, 2025

Lucas Samaras, Flower Chair Burn 3, pure pigment on paper — Flower Chair Burn 3
Strauss & Co · Oct 22, 2024

Lucas Samaras, White Collar, painted plaster — White Collar
Strauss & Co · Oct 22, 2024

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