WOMEN IN THE ARTS annual auction
For many of us, the first artist we know is a woman -- our mothers who drew for us, our kindergarten teacher, or the neighbor who displays her paintings in local exhibits.
The sad reality, however, is that female artists are hugely underrepresented in the art world, with an imbalance of representation and sale prices that exist from major metropolitan showrooms to local galleries and museums.
Our annual Women in the Arts Auction is a small step we can take toward rediscovering 19th and early 20th century female artists the market may be overlooking and providing a new sales channel for established contemporary female artists looking to expand their reach. We hope you join us in supporting this mission.
Josh Eldred President of Eldred’s
Alice Barber Stephens (1858-1932) Pan-Pacific Exposition, 1915
Discrimination against women in the art world trickles down from the top, where very few women hold directorships, through gallery representation, inclusion in museum collections, press coverage and auction price differentials
Nearly $200 billion was spent on art at auction between 2008 and 2019, but only $4 billion was on art made by a woman
Maya Eventov (1964-) Still Life
Only 13 percent of art in American museum collections is by a female artist
Yet 85% of the nudes in the Met are of women
$450.3 million
the highest price paid at auction for a work of art by a man
DaVinci’s Salvator Mundi
$44.4 million
the highest price paid at auction for a work of art by a woman
Georgia O’Keefe’s Jimson Weed / White Flower #1
Mabel May Woodward (1877-1945) “Old Orchard Beach, Maine”
Pamela Pindell (1950-) Onions and Crockery
Eldred’s is proud to name WE CAN as our charitable partner for our Women in the Arts auctions.
WE CAN, based in Harwich, Massachusetts, empowers and supports Cape Cod women to build pathways to self-sufficiency and stability by providing free and confidential legal services, employment and business support, financial empowerment, mentoring and personal development programs.
WE CAN serves more than 2,400 women across Cape Cod each year. A portion of the auction proceeds will be donated to WE CAN. You can also support WE CAN by making the organization a consignment beneficiary.
wecancenter.org
Betty Abrahams Woodman (1930-2018)
White Glaze Ceramic Vase
RECENT RESULTS AT ELDRED’S
Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923)
Birds in a Marsh
Sold for $37,500
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
“Louise, in a Fluffy Bonnet ...”
Sold for $15,500
Anne Packard (1933-)
Sailing on Calm Waters
Sold for $13,750
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936)
Arranging Roses
Sold for $8,125
Jessica Dismorr (1885-1939)
Southern France
Sold for $16,250
Bronze
Katharine Ward Lane Weems (1899-1989) Whippet