Maria Lassnig — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works79

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Art Institute of Chicago

Hammer Museum

Basel Art Museum

Pompidou

Previous Sales 42

Sotheby's

Ungeheuer am Meer, 1963

€55,000 ($77k USD)

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

Konkurrenz IV, 1998

£672,117 ($672k USD)

Mar 2022

Christie's

Schmerzen im Grunewald (Pain in Grunewald), 1978

£20,000 ($26k USD)

Oct 2019

Christie's

Zwei Maler, drei Leinwände (Two Painters, Three Canvases), 1986

£182,500 ($241k USD)

Oct 2014

Christie's

Competition I, 1999

£145,250 ($192k USD)

Oct 2011

Christie's

Geschaeftspartner (Business Partners), 1998

£12,500 ($17k USD)

Sep 2011

Christie's

Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and The Girl), 1999

£181,250 ($239k USD)

Sep 2010

Phillips

Competition III, 2000

$585,153

Oct 2023

Sotheby's

Ungeheuer am Meer, 1963

$74,870

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

Grüne Fensterläden V. Montecatini, 1985

$27,226

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

Abendröte am roten Meer, 1984

$27,226

Mar 2023

Christie's

Über den Dächern von Ischia (Above the Roofs of Ischia), 1987

$28,401

Nov 2022

Sotheby's

Kampfgeist 《戰鬥精神 I》, 2000

Dorotheum

Dorotheum

“Tulpenknospe”, 1987

$4,837

Dec 2025

Dorotheum

“Swimmingpool”, 1987

Dorotheum

Dorotheum

„Innerhalb und außerhalb der Leinwand II“, 1984

Dorotheum

Dorotheum

"Almost everyone is a fool", 1996

$4,159

Nov 2024

Dorotheum

"Double Self-portrait", 2008

$3,881

Nov 2024

Dorotheum

Portrait of Maximilian Salitter, 1968

Bought In

May 2024

Dorotheum

„New York 2. Avenue“, 1979

$58,762

May 2024

Dorotheum

“Meine Eltern”, 1948

$41,973

Nov 2023

Dorotheum

“Der rote Zorn”, (The red rage), 1984

$223,857

Nov 2023

For Sale 6

Galerie Kovacek · Artsy

Gartenbank, 1981

€75,000

Watercolour on paper

Galerie Kovacek & Zetter · Artsy

Swimmingpool, 1987

Price on request

Etching hand-coloured

Barbara Gross · Artsy

Kabeltisch, 1987

For sale

Etching, drypoint and aquatint

Barbara Gross · Artsy

Mutterschiff, 1987

For sale

Etching, drypoint and aquatint

Galerie Kovacek & Zetter · Artsy

Swimmingpool, 1987

Price on request

Etching hand-coloured

Barbara Gross · Artsy

Strassenbild, 1987

For sale

Etching, drypoint and aquatint

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Market365 auction results

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$14.0K – $108K

15 of 16 works on paper lots with prices

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$43.1K

Object-type specific

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$42.0K

15 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Works on paper Sale

Nov 2024 · $34.3K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Works on paper: $42.0K medianPaintings: $585K medianEditioned prints: $4.0K medianPosters/ephemera: $8.4K medianBooks/portfolios: — medianUnclassified lots: — median

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Publications2

Monograph 1

Maria Lassnig Author

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Exhibition Catalog 1

Maria Lassnig: Im Möglichkeitsspiegel. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen von 1947 bis heute

Hatje Cantz · 2009

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Current Exhibitions0

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