# Dr. Lakra artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/dr-lakra/ Profile generated: 2026-05-02T03:41:00.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Nationality: Mexican - Movements: Contemporary Mexican art - Common media: tattoo, ink drawing, works on paper ## About Dr. Lakra Dr. Lakra (born Jerónimo López Ramírez, 1972, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico) is a Mexican artist and tattooist who lives and works in Oaxaca. Known for intricate ink drawings overlaid on vintage printed ephemera — including mid-century advertisements, pin-up illustrations, and comic book pages — he fuses tattoo iconography with found imagery to create works that are simultaneously irreverent and meticulously crafted. His practice bridges street tattoo culture and the contemporary art world. Dr. Lakra has exhibited internationally at institutions including Tate Modern and the Barbican Centre in London, the Drawing Center in New York, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, and the Yokohama Museum of Art. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Collectors encounter his pieces in both gallery and auction contexts, where his distinctive graphic style and cross-cultural references make his work readily identifiable. ## Common works and media Dr. Lakra's most commonly encountered works are ink drawings on found printed materials such as vintage advertisements, comic book pages, and pin-up imagery. Collectors may also find standalone works on paper, limited-edition prints, and mural-scale wall drawings. His tattoo-based visual vocabulary — featuring stylized figures, serpents, skulls, and decorative patterning — recurs across these formats. Sculptural works and collaborative projects are less common in secondary-market contexts. ## Market and appraisal context Dr. Lakra has a documented secondary-market footprint spanning 2007–2025 across 40 recorded auction lots, 26 with realized prices. His work has appeared at major international houses including Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips, and Bonhams, as well as Mexico-focused specialist houses Morton Subastas and Dallas Auction Gallery, plus regional houses Rago, STAIR, and Van Ham Kunstauktionen. Realized prices in USD-denominated lots cluster between roughly $3,000 and $22,500, with a single Sotheby's lot reaching $22,500 in 2015. The highest nominal price in the record set is MXN 180,000 (approx. USD 9,500 at 2017 rates) for an ink-on-vintage-magazine unique piece at Morton Subastas. The USD median across priced lots is $8,750. Liquidity is modest: only one lot appeared in the most recent 12-month period and one in the prior 12-month period, indicating a thin but active market. Works on found printed material and unique ink drawings command the strongest results; editioned prints and multiples tend toward the lower end. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Dr. Lakra has a documented secondary-market footprint spanning 2007–2025 across 40 recorded auction lots, 26 with realized prices. His work has appeared at major international houses including Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips, and Bonhams, as well as Mexico-focused specialist houses Morton Subastas and Dallas Auction Gallery, plus regional houses Rago, STAIR, and Van Ham Kunstauktionen. Realized prices in USD-denominated lots cluster between roughly $3,000 and $22,500, with a single Sotheby's lot reaching $22,500 in 2015. The highest nominal price in the record set is MXN 180,000 (approx. USD 9,500 at 2017 rates) for an ink-on-vintage-magazine unique piece at Morton Subastas. The USD median across priced lots is $8,750. Liquidity is modest: only one lot appeared in the most recent 12-month period and one in the prior 12-month period, indicating a thin but active market. Works on found printed material and unique ink drawings command the strongest results; editioned prints and multiples tend toward the lower end. ### Appraisal notes Appraisily would use these auction records as comparable-sale context alongside the work's medium (ink on found paper, oil on canvas, print edition), dimensions, signature status, condition of the paper support, provenance chain, edition number for multiples, and exhibition or publication history. The wide price dispersion—from under $2,000 for small works or prints to $22,500 for standout pieces at top-tier houses—means each factor materially affects value. The source pack contains no category-level breakout or lot images; an appraisal should cross-reference live auction databases and confirm medium, dimensions, and condition against the specific lot before applying any comparable. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - Prices in the record set span four currencies (USD, GBP, EUR, MXN) and 18 years; direct comparison requires currency normalization. No FX-rate adjustments have been applied here. - Only 26 of 40 recorded lots have realized prices; 14 lots show null prices, likely meaning bought-in or estimates-only records. This skews the distribution toward successful sales. - Recent auction frequency is very low (1 lot per year in the last two 12-month windows), which makes trend analysis unreliable. A single outlier sale can shift apparent market direction. - The source pack does not include lot images, detailed condition reports, or full provenance chains. Medium identification is inferred from lot titles only. - Dr. Lakra is a living, active artist whose market may shift with new exhibitions, gallery representation changes, or museum acquisitions not yet reflected in these records. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/dr-lakra/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine structured artist identity research from museum, library authority, and biographical sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Dr. Lakra, identity data is grounded in Library of Congress, VIAF, MoMA, and Wikidata authority records. ## Sources - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007135502 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/76108006/ - The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/28611 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Lakra - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4153348 - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500294000