Leonora Carrington Work Sells for $11.38m to Deliver a 13% Annualized Return

Leonora Carrington Work Sells for $11.38m to Deliver a 13% Annualized Return

3 min read  ·  19 Nov 2024

La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Leonora Carrington, La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman) (1951) sold for $11.38m, more than twice the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on November 18.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $11.11m, equivalent to an annualized return of 13%. It last sold at auction in 1994 for $270,000 at Sotheby's.

Oil On Wood. The work has been traded 6 times in the past.


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