Marisol Auction Prices and Value Guide

Marisol auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 206 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Marisol auction prices: quick answer

Marisol auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Marisol
Source records
206
Market update
2026-02-06

Marisol market snapshot

Marisol shows deep auction liquidity with 223 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 20 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (50.4% · 60 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (25.2% · 30 sales)
  • $10,000+ (24.4% · 29 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$600
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
20
Median shift vs prior year
+33.3%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-10

Artist context

About Marisol

Marisol portrait
New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Hiller, Herman, photographer. · Public domain · Source

Born

1930

Died

2016

Nationality

Venezuelan-American

Also known as

Marisol Escobar, Maria Sol Escobar

Marisol (Maria Sol Escobar; 1930–2016) was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris to Venezuelan parents. After spending time in Los Angeles and Paris, she moved to New York City in 1950 and studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Hans Hofmann, and William King. Her early practice included terracotta and bronze sculpture, wood reliefs, and plaster casts, often organized around abstract human figures. MoMA connects this formative work with her encounters with pre-Columbian sculpture and western Mexican ceramic traditions. Marisol later became especially recognized for wooden sculptures and assemblages, sometimes incorporating self-referential portrait imagery. These works brought her broad attention during the mid-1960s and placed her within the cultural setting of postwar New York art. Collectors may therefore encounter her name across several sculptural formats rather than through a single material or technique. Authority records and museum collections identify Marisol consistently, although the collected institutional excerpts do not establish one definitive movement label.

SculptureTerracotta sculptureBronze sculptureWood reliefAbstract human figuresAnimals and peopleSelf-referential portrait imagery

Common works and media

Works associated with Marisol include freestanding sculpture, wooden sculptural assemblages, wood reliefs, terracotta and bronze figures, and plaster castings. Early examples may feature abstract human forms, while later wooden constructions can present people, animals, or self-referential portrait imagery. Materials, construction, date, dimensions, and the distinction between a unique object and any editioned work should be recorded carefully before auction comparisons are chosen.

Market and appraisal context

Marisol’s market requires comparison among materially and chronologically related works. A terracotta or bronze sculpture, wood relief, plaster casting, and constructed wooden assemblage should not be treated as interchangeable merely because each is attributed to the artist. The work’s date, construction, dimensions, subject, and relationship to her early abstract figures or later characteristic assemblages can guide the selection of relevant comparables. Self-referential imagery may also help situate an object within her documented practice. Condition, provenance, attribution, and any edition information still require object-level verification. The collected source pack confirms an auction-record signal but supplies no major-auction-house analysis or realized-price dataset, so it does not support a price forecast, scarcity statement, or market-trend claim.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture
  • Wooden sculpture and assemblage
  • Relief and mixed-material sculptural work

Value drivers

  1. Medium and construction, including differences among wood, terracotta, bronze, relief, plaster, and assemblage
  2. Date and relationship to the early abstract work or the later characteristic wooden assemblages
  3. Subject matter and the presence of self-referential portrait imagery
  4. Comparison with relevant public auction records by work type, dimensions, and sale date when sufficiently documented records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no fetched major-auction-house biography, lot essay, realized-price table, or artist-specific market analysis.
  • No price trend, scarcity claim, record price, or forecast can be supported from the collected evidence.
  • Attribution, provenance, condition, dimensions, and edition information must be verified for the individual object before selecting comparable sales.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Marisol

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Marisol worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Marisol artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.