Madge Tennent
American · 1889–1972 · Painter
Madge Tennent was a British-born American artist known for her monumental oil paintings of Native Hawaiian women. Born in Dulwich, London, raised in Cape Town, and trained at… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
The Red HolokūBonhams · $231,640≈ £172,814≈ €203,086Sign up to see
Rose Kokua (Portrait of Young Hawaiian)Bonhams · $152,900≈ £113,201≈ €130,751Sign up to see
Lily, Hawaiian DancerBonhams · $114,800≈ £86,238≈ €98,931Sign up to see
Madge Tennent’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 | 7 | 5 | 71% | $117kSign up | $115kSign up | $232kSign up |
| Oil | 7 | 5 | 71% | $117kSign up | $115kSign up | $232kSign up |
| Works on paper | 8 | 8 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 4 | 4 | 100% | $2.4kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $768Sign up | $768Sign up | $768Sign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.5kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $2.6kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.