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Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997) Girl Blocking the Doorway Gelatin silver, circa 1934 9-1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)...

Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997) Girl Blocking the Doorway Gelatin silver, circa 1934 9-1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)...

Auction amount: $4,250.00

Sold: Apr 17, 2016

Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997)

Also known as: Markovic, Henrietta Théodora

Birth Place: Tours (Indre-et-Loire, Centre region, France)

Biography:
Maar was associated with Picasso in the late 1930s and 1940s and she was the subject for many of his paintings. Influenced by Surrealism. Her last exhibition was in 1990.

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After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme assise (Dora Maar), 1955
Lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper
36-1/4 x 23-1/2 inches (92.1 x 59.7 cm) (image)
41 x 27-1/4 inches (104.1 x 69.2 cm) (sheet)
Ed. 42/100
Signed and numbered in pencil lower margin
Printed by Mourlot, Paris

LITERATURE:
Czwiklitzer, 92.

Auction 5304 | Lot: 65116 | Apr 10, 2017

Sold For: $23,750.00
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Buste de femme a la chaise (Dora Maar), 1938
Etching on chine paper
13-1/4 x 8-5/8 inches (33.7 x 21.9 cm) (sheet)
Edition of 15
Baer's first state (of 10; before aquatint and drypoint additions)

Auction 8179 | Lot: 65025 | Dec 10, 2024

Sold For: $5,750.00
Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997)
Girl Blocking the Doorway
Gelatin silver, circa 1934
9-1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
The photographer's credit stamp on verso.

Auction 5253 | Lot: 73127 | Apr 17, 2016

Sold For: $4,250.00

Make Offer to Owner
$6,375 or more
Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997)
Little Boy Looking in a Funeral Store Window, Paris, circa 1930
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
10-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches (27.0 x 24.1 cm) (image)
12 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet)
Photographer's credit stamps and estate stamp, verso.

Auction 8053 | Lot: 73101 | Oct 8, 2021

Sold For: $3,500.00
DORA MAAR (French, 1907-1997)
Untitled (Peerless Queen), circa 1940
Vintage gelatin silver
12 x 9-1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Artist's stamp twice in left mount margin with 'Peerless Queen' in red pencil recto; artist's stamp verso.

Auction 5176 | Lot: 74004 | Apr 5, 2014

Sold For: $3,250.00

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$4,875 or more
Dora Maar (French, 1907-1997)
Portrait of Nadia Sibiskaïa, 1930
Gelatin silver
9 x 6-1/2 inches (22.9 x 16.5 cm)
Signed and titled in ink lower margin recto.

Auction 5376 | Lot: 73373 | Oct 12, 2018

Sold For: $1,500.00

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$2,250 or more

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