# Marlene Dumas - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:00:14.812Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 614
- Lots with prices: 474
- First auction date: 2001-02-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-30
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $90 to $6,200,000

## Market Takeaway
Marlene Dumas shows very deep auction liquidity with 543 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-08.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($10,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $48,000.
- 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: 9.5% (40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (168 sales)
- $10,000\+: 50.5% (212 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 22
- Previous 12 months sales: 24
- Recent 12 months median: $16,510
- Previous 12 months median: $4,500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-08
- Days since latest sale: 72
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 217 lots
- Sotheby's: 109 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 40 lots
- Phillips: 39 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 23 lots
- Strauss & Co: 21 lots
- Aspire Art: 19 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Karl & Faber: 12 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 11 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-06-09 | Marlene Dumas \(b. 1953, South African\) Rita McBride \(b. 1960, American\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
2. 2026-03-30 | MARLENE DUMAS \(°1953\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-marlene-dumas-1953-50-c-14bb16d32b
3. 2026-01-31 | MARLENE DUMAS \(1953 Kapstadt\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | €280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-marlene-dumas-1953-kapstadt-838-c-886da25cc6
4. 2025-12-08 | Marlene Dumas \(1953\-\) De Muze is moe, 1994gesigneerd, gedateerd in potlood M. Dumas, 1994lithobladma | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
5. 2025-12-02 | Marlene Dumas \(South African 1953\). Waterende vrouw \[Urinating woman\], 1996. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €2,200
6. 2025-12-01 | Marlene Dumas \(South African 1953\). Selfportret in Pregnancy, 1988. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €10,000
7. 2025-11-24 | Marlene Dumas, 1953, Selfportret | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 8,000
8. 2025-11-24 | Marlene Dumas, 1953, Diptych. Beautiful Throat | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
9. 2025-11-20 | MARLENE DUMAS \(B. 1953\). Over Lijken Lopen. oil on canvas35 3/8 x 27 ½ in. | Christie's | $635,000
10. 2025-11-19 | MARLENE DUMAS \(B. 1953\). De acteur \(Portrait of Romana Vrede\). oil on canva | Christie's | $3,125,000
11. 2025-11-14 | Marlene Dumas, Doornrosie | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $950
12. 2025-10-22 | MARLENE DUMAS \(B. 1953\). The girl can't help it. acrylic and pastel on pape | Christie's | £20,320
13. 2025-07-08 | Pasolini | Sotheby's | €16,510
14. 2025-06-25 | Marlene Dumas \(South Africa 1953\-\) , Motherhood | Aspire Art | ZAR 15,000
15. 2025-06-25 | Marlene Dumas \(South Africa 1953\-\) , The King | Aspire Art | ZAR 40,000
16. 2025-06-25 | Marlene Dumas \(South Africa 1953\-\) , The Fog of War | Aspire Art | ZAR 50,000
17. 2025-06-25 | Marlene Dumas \(South Africa 1953\-\) , Portrait of a Young Nelson Mandela | Aspire Art | ZAR 50,000
18. 2025-06-23 | Marlene Dumas, 1953, Spotlight | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
19. 2025-06-23 | Marlene Dumas, 1953, Centre Spread Body | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
20. 2025-06-23 | Marlene Dumas, 1953, Fear | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
21. 2025-04-16 | Marlene Dumas \(1953\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
22. 2025-04-16 | Marlene Dumas \(1953\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
23. 2025-04-08 | MARLENE DUMAS \(\*1953\), CONTEMPORARY SO | Historia Auctionata | €420
24. 2025-04-08 | MARLENE DUMAS \(b.1953\) Faceless Print, 29 x 20.5cm Signed, inscribed and dated 1993 Edition 197/200 | Adam's | €1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-marlene-dumas-b-1953-faceless-print-29-x-20-5cm-signed-inscribed-and-dated-1993-edition-197-200-137-c-5dd4df4912

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