Ana Mendieta Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ana Mendieta Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 20, 2024
Hans Breder Photograph - Ana Mendieta (1972)
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
Hans Dieter Breder (American, born in Germany, 1935-2017). Untitled Oaxaca, Mexico from the series Body/Sculpture, gelatin silver print, 1973. Artist Proof. Hand-signed with date and "A/P" beneath image. Artist's estate stamp on verso. Model was Ana Mendieta (Cuban-American, 1948-1985). An evocative photograph by German-American artist Hans Breder from his signature series, "Body/Sculpture," and featuring the artist Ana Mendieta as a model. In 1969, Breder met 20-year-old Ana Mendieta, at a time when he was already exploring the use of mirrors in photographic works - a method that disrupted and fragmented both the image and its perception. This meeting would become a defining moment for both artists. Their collaboration, both artistic and romantic, found expression in the "Body/Sculpture" series, which marked a significant starting point for their creative journeys. Size of image: 9.75" W x 10" H (24.8 cm x 25.4 cm); Size: 10.75" W x 13.75" H (27.3 cm x 34.9 cm) Together, they made yearly trips to Mexico, where Breder played a key role in the development of some of Mendieta's early, acclaimed works blending performance, land art, and photography. Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-born artist exiled to the U.S. as a child, explored identity, exile, and cultural displacement through her groundbreaking interdisciplinary art. Dissatisfied with traditional painting during her graduate studies at the University of Iowa, she turned to performance and intermedia work, using her body to confront themes like violence against women and societal perceptions of identity. Works like Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints-face) (1972) and Untitled (Facial Cosmetic Variations) challenged notions of racialization and self-representation. Her Silueta series (1973-80), involving imprints of her body in natural landscapes, metaphorically captured her sense of exile and longing for her Cuban homeland. Throughout her career, Mendieta emphasized the intersectionality of race, gender, and culture, advocating for a "personal will to continue being 'other'" in a society that marginalized non-white women. Hans Breder, much like Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian, viewed art as a spiritual endeavor, a form of thought that seeks to articulate forces beyond rational and irrational understanding. His work spans diverse mediums - painting, sculpture, photography, music, installation, video, and film - each challenging the materialism of Western culture and inviting viewers to explore moments of transcendence and subversive in-betweenness. Breder's art dissolves boundaries and shifts perceptions, creating experiences that oscillate between shock and allure, ultimately offering glimpses into a space of boundless possibility A pioneer in video art and a participant in three Whitney Biennials, Breder established the Intermedia Program at the University of Iowa's School of Art & Art History in 1968. He led the program, known for its groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach, until his retirement as an F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in 2000. The program reflected Breder's dedication to fostering intellectual and creative collisions across artistic disciplines. Both Breder and Mendieta shared an interest in themes of transformation, the human body, and blending process with product. They often explored the relationship between the body and the natural environment. Breder's photographs paired natural landscapes with figures distorted by mirrors, while Mendieta's work focused on creating ephemeral imprints and sculptures, which she called "siluetas," to evoke a spiritual connection between body, landscape, and history. From 1973 to 1980, the artists traveled to Mexico each summer, collaborating and developing their distinct yet intersecting practices. At the Cuilapan Monastery, Breder documented Mendieta's work in the same courtyard where she created a silueta. At La Ventosa, Breder handled the camera for Mendieta's film Ocean Bird Wash Up, capturing her floating in the surf, adorned with feathers. On that same beach, Mendieta became the subject of Breder's photographs, posing as a "body sculpture" with her limbs mirrored in the water. Provenance: private Iowa City, Iowa, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. 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Artemis Gallery
Nov. 22, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) - Untitled: Silueta Series (Iowa); Untitled: Ixchell Series (Iowa);...
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled: Silueta Series (Iowa); Untitled: Ixchell Series (Iowa);...
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) - Untitled
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled color photograph 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) - Untitled (Leaf Drawings) [Two Works]
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled (Leaf Drawings) [Two Works]
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Maroya (Esculturas Rupestres) [Moon (Rupestrian S
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Maroya (Esculturas Rupestres) [Moon (Rupestrian Sculptures)]. lifetime black and white photograph printed on Masonite 40 ¾ x 53 ¼ in. (103.5 x 135.3 cm.).
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled. wood slab, carved and burned with gunpo
Est: $300,000 - $500,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled. wood slab, carved and burned with gunpowder 54 3⁄8 x 25 ½ x 2 in. (138.1 x 64.8 x 5 cm.).
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2024
Untitled (from Mujer de arena)
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
Ana Mendieta 1948 - 1985 Untitled (from Mujer de arena) gelatin silver print, in artist's frame 61 ¼ by 39 ⅛ in. 155.6 by 99.4 cm. Executed in 1983, this work is unique.
Sotheby's
Oct. 02, 2024
Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Ana Mendieta 1948 - 1985 Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints) each signed by Raquel Mendieta Harrington, Administratix of The Estate and stamped with artist's signature and number 2/10 (on the verso) chromogenic print on paper, in 6 parts each image: 18 by 24 ½ in. (45.7 by 62.2 cm.) Conceived in 1972 and executed by the Estate of Ana Mendieta in 1997, this work is number 2 from an edition of 10.
Sotheby's
Oct. 02, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled (La concha de Venus). acrylic paint on a
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled (La concha de Venus). acrylic paint on amate (bark) paper (amategram) 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 01, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled (Body Tracks). lifetime chromogenic prin
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled (Body Tracks). lifetime chromogenic prints, in six parts each: 10 x 8 in. (24.4 x 20.3 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 01, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled. wash on paper 12 3⁄8 x 9 3⁄8 in. (31.4
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985). Untitled. wash on paper 12 3⁄8 x 9 3⁄8 in. (31.4 x 23.8 cm.).
Christie's
Jul. 10, 2024
Ana Mendieta, Postcards (two works)
Est: $500 - $700
Ana Mendieta Postcards (two works) 1981-82 offset lithograph each: 3.5 h x 5.5 w in (9 x 14 cm) Provenance: The Stephen White Collection This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jun. 06, 2024
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985): Untitled, from Silueta
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Color photograph, 1976, unsigned, a unique print, with label from Galerie Lelong, NY. 10 x 8 in. (sheet), 15 x 11 3/4 in. (frame). Note: Our thanks to Galerie Lelong and the Estate of Ana Mendieta for confirming the date of this print. Exhibited: MIT List Visual Arts Center, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation, April 1998.
STAIR
May. 17, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled sand and dirt on paper 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled sand and dirt on paper 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
Christie's
May. 14, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Guanaroca (Esculturas Rupestres) [First Woman (Rup
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Guanaroca (Esculturas Rupestres) [First Woman (Rupestrian Sculptures)] lifetime black-and-white photograph on Masonite 53 ¼ x 40 ¾ in. (135.3 x 103.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 14, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled (Sandwoman Series / Serie Mujer de Arena)
Est: $300,000 - $500,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled (Sandwoman Series / Serie Mujer de Arena) sand, earth and binder on wood 55 x 26 x 4 in. (139.7 x 66 x 10.2 cm.)
Christie's
May. 14, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-1977 suite of twelve
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-1977 suite of twelve color photographs each: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 03, 2024
ANA MENDIETA (1948–1985) Untitled (from Silueta series)1978 credited, titl
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948–1985) Untitled (from Silueta series)1978 credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery and museum labels (frame backing board) image: 13 ¼ x 19 ½ in. (33.6 x 49.5 cm.) sheet: 15 ¾ x 19 7⁄8 in. (40 x 50.4 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 09, 2023
Untitled
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined Ana Mendieta 1948 - 1985 Untitled gelatin silver print 61¾ by 48 in. 156.8 by 121.9 cm. Executed in 1982-1983/1992, this print is number 6 from an edition of 6
Sotheby's
Oct. 03, 2023
Untitled
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Property from the Estate of Donna and Howard Stone Ana Mendieta 1948 - 1985 Untitled gelatin silver print 10 by 8 in. 25.4 by 20.3 cm. Executed in 1973.
Sotheby's
Sep. 28, 2023
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Volcano Series, no. 2 chromogenic print, in six pa
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Volcano Series, no. 2 chromogenic print, in six parts each: 13 ¼ x 20 in. (33.7 x 50.8 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 28, 2023
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled (Body Print) chromogenic print, in five p
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) Untitled (Body Print) chromogenic print, in five parts each: 9 ½ x 7 ½ in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 01, 2023
Mendieta, Ana (1948-1985) Sandwomen.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Mendieta, Ana (1948-1985) Sandwomen. Miami, 1983. Gelatin silver print, from a portfolio of five photos documenting sand works in Miami and Cape Cod, number five from an edition of twelve; with rubber stamps of the artist's signature and administratix of her estate on verso, along with a gallery label, 8 x 10 in. Sculptor, feminist and performance artist Mendieta was born in Cuba but forced to live abroad. Sandwomen is part of her land art/body art project, Silueta Series, that was her focus between 1973 and 1985. "I have been carrying out a dialogue between the landscape and the female body (based on my own silhouette). I believe this has been a direct result of my having been torn from my homeland (Cuba) during my adolescence. I am overwhelmed by the feeling of having been cast from the womb (nature). My art is the way I re-establish the bonds that unite me to the universe. It is a return to the maternal source." (Quoted from Manchester, Elizabeth (October 2009). "Untitled (Silueta Series, Mexico)". tate.org.uk.)
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 20, 2020
Ana Mendieta, Sandwoman, 1983
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
Each with estate stamp and annotated in an unknown hand in pencil on the verso. Number 3 from an edition of 12.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 20, 2020
Ana Mendieta, Untitled (from the series: Jungle), 1983
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Dated and titled in pencil as well as photographer's stamp on the verso.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jul. 02, 2019
ANA MENDIETA - Iowa. Escleras en la roca
Est: -
ANA MENDIETA La Habana 1948-USA 1985 Iowa. Escleras en la roca. 1981 Silver gelatine Estate’s seal of the artist on the reverse 4th edition out of 10 copies Measurements 50.5 x 33.5 cm ORIGIN (tag on the reverse) -Antonio de Barnola Gallery, Barcelona -Particular collection
Subastas Segre
Feb. 28, 2019
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) - Untitled: Silueta Series
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) Untitled: Silueta Series lifetime chromogenic print 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2018
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) - Untitled
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled pencil on paper 13 x 8 ½ in. (33 x 21.6 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 14, 2018
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled: Silueta Series, Iowa
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled: Silueta Series, Iowa
Phillips
Oct. 03, 2018
ANA MENDIETA | Untitled (Body Tracks)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
a suite of 5 chromogenic prints, each stamped 'Ana Mendieta Raquel Mendieta Harrington Administratrix of The Estate,' and with edition '8/10' and sequential lettering 'GP0651-A-E' in ink on the reverse, framed together, a Galerie Lelong label on the reverse, 1974, printed by the estate in 1998 ( cf. Ana Mendieta: Earth, Body, Sculpture, and Performance, pp. 210-1)
Sotheby's
May. 17, 2018
ANA MENDIETA | Guabancex (Esculturas Rupestres) [Goddess of the Wind (Rupestrian Sculptures)]
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
lifetime black and white photograph
Sotheby's
May. 16, 2018
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled: Silueta Series
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled: Silueta Series
Phillips
Feb. 28, 2018
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints)
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints)
Phillips
Nov. 17, 2017
ANA MENDIETA | Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
c-print, in 6 parts
Sotheby's
May. 24, 2017
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled black and white photograph mounted on board 53 ½ x 36 1/5 in. (135.9 x 92.7 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 18, 2017
ANA MENDIETA - Silueta Works in Iowa, 1976-78
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
ANA MENDIETA - Silueta Works in Iowa, 1976-78
Phillips
Apr. 18, 2017
ANA MENDIETA - Silueta Works in Iowa, 1976-78
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
ANA MENDIETA - Silueta Works in Iowa, 1976-78
Phillips
Nov. 17, 2016
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled (from the Silueta Series)
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
ANA MENDIETA - Untitled (from the Silueta Series)
Phillips
Nov. 11, 2016
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled (Amategram), 1983 Acr
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled (Amategram), 1983 Acrylic on amate (Mexican bark paper) 16 x 11-1/2 inches (40.6 x 29.2 cm) PROVENANCE: The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection; Galerie Lelong, New York. EXHIBITED: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, "Art on Paper," November 1, 1991-January 24, 1992.
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 11, 2016
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled (Amategram), 1981 Acr
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Untitled (Amategram), 1981 Acrylic on amate (Mexican bark paper) 16 x 11-1/2 inches (40.6 x 29.2 cm) PROVENANCE: The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection; Galerie Lelong, New York. The Cuban-born, multi-media feminist artist Ana Mendieta gained international renown during the 1970s for her "earth-body" performance-sculptures; in these, she caked her own nude body with natural substances like mud, blood, leaves, grass, or sand and then photographed herself in an austere gallery setting or integrated into a landscape. In 1981 in New York, Mendieta started several series of drawings that continued her fascination with the intersecting themes of the female body and nature. Both of the present untitled works belong to the "Amategram" series, in which she drew or painted totemic shapes onto amate, paper made from bark by Mexico's Otomie Indians. Here, each of the black forms connotes a fertile female-the one above, a Venus-of-Willendorf-like talisman with head, pendulous breasts, and fleshy torso, and the one opposite, a rounded female form with a spiraling womb; Mendieta simultaneously contrasts the heavy black paint with the soft, grainy paper and enmeshes the female form into the paper, much like her earth-body sculptures. The abstracted female figures of the "Amategrams" also recall those in her outdoor "mud coil" or "labyrinth" sculptures made from excavated earth. Mendieta purposefully chose the amate-made by boiling mashed bark and then pounding it flat with a rock--for its earth tones (ranging from light tan to deep coffee), earth symbolism, and reference to indigenous art. Mendieta's life was hard, successful, and tragically short. With her two sisters, she fled Cuba at age 13 in 1961 and ricocheted from orphanage to foster home until she was old enough to study art in college, ultimately obtaining her MA in 1972 from the University of Iowa. In 1983, she received the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, and she has been recognized posthumously in solo exhibitions at the New Museum, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Her work--exuberantly feminine, earthy, ephemeral, and intimate-is often seen as a foil to the monumental Minimalist sculpture of her husband, Carl Andre, who was acquitted of her murder after she fell from the window of their apartment in 1985.
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 05, 2016
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) Untitled, from Silueta Series, Iowa, 1979
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) Untitled, from Silueta Series, Iowa, 1979 stamped photographer's and Raquelin Mendieta's [Estate Administrator] signatures (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery and exhibition labels (frame backing board) image: 6 3/4 x 10 in. (17.2 x 24.5 cm.) sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 04, 2016
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) Untitled, from Silueta Series, Iowa, 1978
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) Untitled, from Silueta Series, Iowa, 1978 credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board) image: 6 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (16.9 x 24.5 cm.) sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 27, 2015
ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985) | Untitled (from Portfolio Documenting Earthworks, Long Island, N.Y.)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
color chromogenic print
Sotheby's
May. 21, 2015
* Ana Mendieta, (American/Cuban, 1948-1985), Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-77
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Ana Mendieta (American/Cuban, 1948-1985) Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-77 c-print edition 8/20 20 x 13 1/4 inches.
Hindman
May. 21, 2015
* Ana Mendieta, (American/Cuban, 1948-1985), Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-77
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Ana Mendieta (American/Cuban, 1948-1985) Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-77 c-print edition 8/20 20 x 13 1/4 inches.
Hindman
Mar. 06, 2015
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Silueta Works in Iowa cibachrome color print 19 ½
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) Silueta Works in Iowa cibachrome color print 19 ½ x 13 in. (49.5 x 33 cm.)
Christie's
May. 14, 2014
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) >Untitled (from the Silueta series) <br>signed, titled and dated 'Ana Mendieta Silueta Series, 1978' (on the reverse) >gelatin silver print <br>8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) >Executed in 1978. This work is a unique lifetime print. <br>
Christie's
May. 28, 2013
ANA MENDIETA(1948-1985)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
UNTITLED (FROM EL CORAZN) stamped with signature by the Estate of Ana Mendieta on the reverse vintage color chromogenic print 10 by 8 in. 25.5 by 20.4 cm Executed in August 1973. Printed circa 1976.
Sotheby's