Martha Boto Auction Prices and Value Guide
Martha Boto auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 297 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Martha Boto auction prices: quick answer
Martha Boto auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Martha Boto
- Source records
- 297
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Martha Boto market snapshot
Martha Boto shows deep auction liquidity with 210 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,152. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (45.1% · 64 sales)
- $10,000+ (54.9% · 78 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,400
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-11
Artist context
About Martha Boto
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Born
1925
Died
2004
Nationality
Argentine
Martha Boto (1925–2004) was an Argentine painter and sculptor born in Buenos Aires and later active in France. She is associated with kinetic and programmed art, approaches that made movement, changing visual effects, and systematic organization central to the experience of an artwork. Biographical sources also identify her as a co-founder of the Group of Non-Figurative Artists of Argentina, connecting her practice to the development of Argentine abstraction before her work became established in a broader European context. Boto is consequently encountered both as an Argentine non-figurative artist and as a participant in the international history of kinetic art. Collectors may find her name attached to paintings, sculpture, and works categorized as kinetic or programmed art. These categories should not be treated as interchangeable: each object needs to be identified through its particular medium, date, and relationship to the documented directions of her practice.
Kinetic artProgrammed artArgentine non-figurative artPaintingSculpture
Common works and media
Authority and biographical sources identify Boto as both a painter and sculptor and associate her with kinetic and programmed art. Auction and appraisal contexts may therefore include paintings, sculptures, and kinetic or programmed objects rather than a single uniform work type. The collected source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, specific materials, or edition practices, so those characteristics should be documented from the individual object rather than generalized.
Market and appraisal context
Market review for Martha Boto should begin by identifying whether an object is a painting, sculpture, or kinetic or programmed work, since these represent different parts of her documented practice. Its date can then be considered against her Argentine non-figurative background and kinetic-art context. Appraisily's artist directory reports 297 auction entries, but an aggregate count does not establish the comparability, condition, or relevance of any individual lot. A defensible appraisal should therefore use public auction results only after matching the offered work as closely as the available evidence permits by category, medium, and date. The collected sources do not support a price trend or prediction.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Sculpture
- Kinetic and programmed works
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, distinguishing paintings, sculpture, and kinetic or programmed works
- Date considered in relation to the artist's non-figurative and kinetic contexts
- Comparable public auction records when sufficiently similar individual lots are available
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Martha Boto 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 Martha Boto artwork?
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