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Ruth Marten

American · b. 1949 · Painter, Sculptor

American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and tattoo artist (born 1949)

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2auction results2014–2025years recorded100%sold (2)$295Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Ruth Marten, Iraq, 2003, egg tempera on panel in artist's frameIraqBonhams · $500≈ £310≈ €386Sign up to see
  2. Ruth Marten, Tattooed Woman, 1978, Liquitex on PaperTattooed WomanDuMouchelles · $90≈ £67≈ €77Sign up to see

Ruth Marten’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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auction record in database
Lots sold
2
of 2 offered · 2014–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$32$100$316$1k201620182020202220242014-09-07 · $5002025-12-20 · $90
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings11100%$500Sign up$500Sign up$500Sign up
Tempera11100%$500Sign up$500Sign up$500Sign up
Works on paper11100%$90Sign up$90Sign up$90Sign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202511$90Sign up
201411$500Sign up

Related artists — American, born 1924–1974