# Dorothea Tanning - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:34:37.367Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 235
- Lots with prices: 149
- First auction date: 2002-02-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-05
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $20 to $2,349,000

## Market Takeaway
Dorothea Tanning shows deep auction liquidity with 229 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $540 and $11,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 37.9% (55 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.8% (49 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.3% (41 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 15
- Previous 12 months sales: 32
- Recent 12 months median: $800
- Previous 12 months median: $3,250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-05
- Days since latest sale: 13
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 39 lots
- Sotheby's: 24 lots
- TGP Auction: 20 lots
- Bonhams: 19 lots
- Beowulf Art and Books: 17 lots
- Ashcroft and Moore: 7 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 6 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 6 lots
- Gilden's Art Gallery: 6 lots
- Artimore Auctions: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-07 | Dorothea Tanning o.T. Aus: La Marée. 1970. Radierung, Weichgrundradierung, Kaltnadelradierung und Du | Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH | N/A
2. 2024-12-07 | Dorothea Tanning o.T. Aus: La Marée. 1970. Radierung, Weichgrundradierung, Aquatinta auf Japon Nacré | Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH | €360
3. 2024-12-07 | Dorothea Tanning o.T. Aus: La Marée. 1970. Radierung, Weichgrundradierung, Aquatinta auf Japon Nacré | Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH | €380
4. 2022-12-06 | Dorothea TANNING, "Harpie", 1950, gouache sur papier bleu | Dogny Auction | CHF 17,000
5. 2026-02-05 | Dorothea Tanning "Hommage a Max Ernst" Lithograph | Auctions at Showplace | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-hommage-a-max-ernst-lithograph-199-c-ec88a4ed99
6. 2026-01-28 | DOROTHEA TANNING \(1910\-2012\), AMERICAN PAI | Historia Auctionata | €180 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-1910-2012-american-pai-8035-c-d57e955432
7. 2025-11-13 | DOROTHEA TANNING \(1910\-2012\) La jeune danseuse \(Esther\), 1972 Planche extraite du portfolio de la pièce de théâtre 'Judith'Lithographie en couleurs sur vélin d'Arches Signée et numérotée 88/9952,7 x 38 cmColour l... | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2025-11-13 | DOROTHEA TANNING \(1910\-2012\) La Grande Mannequin cherche et trouve sa peau, 1958 Tirée du portfolio 'Accueil' de René CrevelEau\-forte et aquatinte sur BFK Rives Signée, numérotée, dédicacée et annotée 'é... | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-1910-2012-la-grande-mannequin-cherche-et-trouve-sa-peau-1958-tiree-du-portfolio-accueil-de-rene-creveleau-forte-et-aquatinte-sur-bfk-rives-signee-numerotee-dedicacee-et-annotee-e-231-c-e884e04c3a
9. 2025-10-30 | Dorothea Tanning \(1910\-2012\) Hommage a Max Ernst, circa 1975. | Swann Auction Galleries | $660
10. 2025-10-15 | Dorothea Tanning \(1910 Galesburg, Il \- 2012 New York City\), Untitled from: 'Les demeures d'Hypnos', 1976 | Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH | N/A
11. 2025-09-30 | Dorothea Tanning \(1910\-2012\). Sans titre. aquarelle et crayon gras sur papi | Christie's | N/A
12. 2025-09-17 | Daughters | Sotheby's | N/A
13. 2025-08-19 | Dorothea Tanning Signed Lithograph, one of 160 copies | The Red Finch Auctions | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-signed-lithograph-one-of-160-copies-68-c-cdf4297ae5
14. 2025-07-15 | Dorothea Tanning Signed Lithograph, one of 125 copies | The Red Finch Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-signed-lithograph-one-of-125-copies-202-c-0014cf78b3
15. 2025-05-29 | DOROTHEA TANNING, EN CHAIR ET EN OR, ETCHING WITH AQUATINT | RoGallery | N/A
16. 2025-05-22 | Dorothea Tanning \(1910\-2012\); Birthday \(Self Portrait at Age 30\); | Bonhams | $4,500
17. 2025-05-13 | DOROTHEA TANNING \(1910\-2012\). L'Atelier. watercolor, colored wax crayons an | Christie's | $34,020
18. 2025-05-12 | DOROTHEA TANNING \(1910\-2012\) Endgame oil on canvas 17 x 17 in. \(43.2 x 43.2 | Christie's | $2,349,000
19. 2025-04-30 | DOROTHEA TANNING \(1910\-2012\) Catalogue d'exposition Galerie Furstenberg, 1954Eau\-forte originale | Bonhams | €800
20. 2025-04-27 | Dorothea Tanning \(American, 1910\-2012\) Galerie Der Spiegel Exhibition Book 1963 | Hoch LTD. | $400
21. 2025-04-25 | Dorothea Tanning \(1910\-2012\) Hommage à Max Ernst, 1974 | Millon & Associes | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-1910-2012-hommage-a-max-ernst-1974-215-c-9b045c8bd0
22. 2025-02-16 | Dorothea Tanning \(1910\-2012\) Personne, Portfolio of Nine Etchings | Locati LLC | $7,000
23. 2025-01-07 | Dorothea TANNING \- Horse passing under a tunnel of light, 1970 | TGP Auction | CHF 400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-horse-passing-under-a-tunnel-of-light-1970-265-c-4f445ae97e
24. 2024-12-22 | Dorothea TANNING \- Light reflections on the sea and sand, 1970 | TGP Auction | CHF 400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothea-tanning-light-reflections-on-the-sea-and-sand-1970-264-c-42c4c3c9f9

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