Lucas Samaras
American · 1936–2024 · Painter, Printmaker
Lucas Samaras was a Greek-born American photographer, sculptor, and painter. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
UntitledBonhams · $114,800≈ £85,353≈ €97,677Sign up to see
Photo-Transformation (Eye)Bonhams · $48,640≈ £36,618≈ €42,047Sign up to see
XYZ 0823 (Chinoiserie)Rago Auctions · $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).
Coming up at auction
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Lots sold
42
of 51 offered · 2007–2026
Sell-through
82%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 6 | 5 | 83% | $6.8kSign up | $5.4kSign up | $12.2kSign up |
| Oil | 6 | 5 | 83% | $6.8kSign up | $5.4kSign up | $12.2kSign up |
| Works on paper | 8 | 6 | 75% | $9.6kSign up | $8.7kSign up | $18.5kSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Pastel | 2 | 2 | 100% | $7.3kSign up | $7.3kSign up | $9.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 100% | $8.3kSign up | $8.2kSign up | $9.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 7 | 6 | 86% | $19.6kSign up | $489Sign up | $115kSign up |
| Screenprint | 6 | 5 | 83% | $611Sign up | $378Sign up | $1.7kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $115kSign up | $115kSign up | $115kSign up |
| Photography | 21 | 21 | 100% | $8.2kSign up | $6.3kSign up | $48.6kSign up |
| Photograph | 21 | 21 | 100% | $8.2kSign up | $6.3kSign up | $48.6kSign up |
| Sculpture | 4 | 2 | 50% | $7.3kSign up | $7.3kSign up | $7.5kSign up |
| Other | 5 | 2 | 40% | $10.8kSign up | $10.8kSign up | $16.6kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.