# Leticia Tarragó artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/leticia-tarrago/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:45:19.152Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Mexican
- Common media: Mixed media, Works on paper and prints, Painting, Sculpture, Decorative art and editions

## Portrait

![Leticia Tarragó](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leticia_tarrago.jpg/1280px-Leticia_tarrago.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leticia_tarrago.jpg

## About Leticia Tarragó

Leticia Tarragó is a Mexican mixed-media artist born in 1940. Library authority records connect the accented form of her name with the unaccented “Leticia Tarrago,” helping distinguish her work in catalogues and auction databases. The available sources do not establish a specific movement, school, recurring subject, or named series, so those associations should remain open rather than inferred. Collectors may encounter her work under several auction classifications, including fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These categories indicate the breadth of material attributed to Tarragó in public sales, but they are not a catalogue raisonné and do not establish that every classification is equally representative. Her Getty, VIAF, Library of Congress, and Wikidata authority records provide the strongest current basis for matching her identity across collections and market records.

## Common works and media

Auction records associated with Leticia Tarragó appear across paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Mixed media has the strongest identity-level support because authority records explicitly describe her as a mixed-media artist. The other work types come from broad auction classifications and should be checked against photographs, cataloguing, dimensions, signatures, edition details, and provenance before being treated as representative examples of her output.

## Market and appraisal context

Public auction records for Leticia Tarragó should be compared at the level of the individual object rather than treated as a uniform price guide. Relevant considerations include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and confidence in the attribution. Subject matter, rarity, and the recency of genuinely comparable sales may also affect how much weight a result deserves. Auction prices can be reported under different fee conventions, while private sales and incomplete feeds may be absent. A defensible appraisal therefore requires close comparison with works sharing the same physical and documentary characteristics, supported by direct condition and authorship evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Gaps in private-sale data, cataloguing, attribution, and auction coverage may limit conclusions.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/77968517/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500067433
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56868906
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92010163
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/leticia-tarrago/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leticia_tarrago.jpg