Kyra Markham Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Kyra Markham Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 26, 2026
Kyra Markham (American, 1891-1967) lithograph
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Ohmpeer lithograph, 1944, signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/25 in pencil. 13 1/4 x 10 1/8"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 18, 2026
Kyra Markham (AM 1891-1967) Winter Twilight
Est: $400 - $800
Kyra Markham (American 1891-1967) Winter Twilight lithograph on paper signed identified and editioned lower margin 26/50 10 x 13" 17 x 21" as framed. Markham was an actress, painter, and printmaker.She left high school around 1907 to study drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago; two years later, she was acting in Chicago's experimental Little Theater. In 1913, in 1916 she joined the Provincetown Playhouse theater company in the artists' colony at Provincetown, Massachusetts. She also occasionally designed book covers and served as a movie art director. Around 1922, Markham was briefly married to landscape designer and architect Lloyd Wright (1892â1972), son of renowned Prairie School architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867â1959). She executed striking mural decorations for several New York restaurants, jazz clubs, and nightclubs until the 1929 stock market crash eliminated such commissions. In 1930, she studied with Alexander Abels (1897-1983) at the Art Students League. A year later, her work received favorable notice at the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors exhibition. In 1934, her first solo exhibition took place in Ogunquit, Maine. Markham also resumed mural painting, and took up lithography and portraiture. The following year, she began to achieve success as a printmaker. A lithograph of hers won a prize at the Philadelphia Print Club's annual exhibition, and impressions of her prints were acquired by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Library of Congress. In 1936, she joined the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a government relief program, which sponsored her lively lithographs of backstage scenes. The prestigious annual publication Fine Prints of the Year cited her prints in 1937 and 1938 In the late 1930s, Markham began her two-decade association with the greeting card publisher American Arts, Inc., which promoted her art in reproduction. For the 1939 New York World's Fair, she executed forty dioramas for the Hall of Inventions. In 1941, Lowes Ziegfeld Theater in New York exhibited her allegorical paintings and drawings of legendary women. During World War II, she created paintings and prints to boost home front patriotism and satirize Nazism. Following her 1946 move with her husband to a farm in Halifax, Vermont, Markham ended her printmaking career, yet she continued to paint and draw. In 1960, after her husband died, she moved to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where local scenes inspired her last works.
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 24, 2026
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967)
Est: $100 - $300
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967) "Winter Twilight" Lithograph on Paper. Framed under glass. Inscribed, signed, dated 19(35) and numbered "26/50" in pencil. Image area measures: 10" high, 12-3/4" wide, Frame measures: 16" high, 18-1/4" wide. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Some toning, matte has some dirt on surface. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Jul. 24, 2026
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967)
Est: $50 - $150
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967) Still Life Oil on Poster Board of a Vase WIth Flowers on a Table. Signed bottom right hand corner and dated "1951". Image area measures: 10-1/2" high, 8-1/4" wide, frame measures: 14" high, 12" wide. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $50.00 - $150.00 In-House Shipping: $92.00
Kodner Galleries
Jul. 24, 2026
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967)
Est: $100 - $200
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967) "Night and Morning" Etching on Paper Edition of 25. Signed, dated 19(37) in pencil. Image size measures: 8" high, 4-7/8" wide, sheet size measures: 10-5/8" high, 6-3/4" wide. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Foxing to sheet. Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00 In-House Shipping: $58.00
Kodner Galleries
Jul. 24, 2026
Kyra Markham Gaither, American (1891-1967)
Est: $100 - $300
Kyra Markham Gaither, American (1891-1967) Man Smoking Pipe with Cat. Pencil drawing on paper. Signed, dated 1948 in pencil. Sheet size measures: 16" high, 13" wide. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Foxing to sheet. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Jul. 24, 2026
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967)
Est: $100 - $300
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967) "Night Club" Lithograph on Paper. Inscribed, signed, dated 19(35) and numbered in pencil. Image area measures: 13-1/2" high, 10-1/2" wide, sheet size measures:16" high, 12-3/4" wide. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Foxing to sheet. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Jul. 24, 2026
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967)
Est: $100 - $300
Kyra Markham, American (1891-1967) "The Silver Trumpets of the Rain" Lithograph on Paper. Inscribed, signed, dated 19(36) and numbered "22/50" in pencil. Image area measures: 13-1/2" high, 10-1/2" wide, sheet size measures: 19-3/4" high, 15-3/4" wide. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Staining to top of sheet, minor toning. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Mar. 17, 2026
Kyra Markham, Mature Vision
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Kyra Markham Mature Vision 1935 lithograph image: 11 h x 9.125 w in (28 x 23 cm) sheet: 15.875 h x 11.5 w in (40 x 29 cm) Signed, titled, dated and numbered to lower margin 'Mature Vision 1-1 Kyra Markham '35'. This work is a proof apart from the edition of 17. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jan. 25, 2026
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) American, 1936 Lithograph, "Penny Lady?"
Est: $400 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) American, 1936 Lithograph, "Penny Lady?". Signed and dated in pencil. Titled and inscribed "Ed. 50" in pencil. Overall Size: 18 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. Sight Size: 11 x 13 1/2 in. Provenance: Peter Klipstas. Portola Valley, California. Realist painter-printmaker Kyra Markham had significant experience as an actress from 1909 into the 1920s with the Chicago Little Theater, in movies in Los Angeles, and from 1916 with the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts. Born Elaine Hyman in Chicago in 1891, Markham studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1907-1909, when, discovered by Maurice Brown, she left school to act. Though she supplemented her income from acting with work as a muralist and illustrator, it was not until 1930 that she returned to the study of art with Alexander Abels at the Art Students League in New York City. In 1934, she studied printmaking, including lithography, and took part in the WPA artists' program from 1935-1937. She was awarded the Mary S. Collins Prize at the Philadelphia Print Club annual exhibition in 1935. Her paintings and lithographs are primarily realist in style and run the gamut from poetic landscapes to Social-Realist commentaries such as ("Penny, Lady?," 1936, a poor, aged couple playing the hurdy-gurdy on the street, and "Lockout," 1937, with laborers prevented from going back to work. There are also everyday urban scenes such as "Bleecker Street Fire Hydrant," 1942, where kids dance in arching swathes of water that are charged with an element of magic and transcendence. "Night and Morn," 1937, with two nude figures, a dark male and light female, becomes a yin-yang swirl of forms. Markham reprises her theatrical career in the lithograph "Twelfth Night," 1934, creating a complex design of architectural elements backstage at a theater with two carpenters at work on two levels of the stage set for Shakespeare's play. Prior to 1916, Markham was emotionally involved over a period of time with the novelist Theodore Dreiser, author of "An American Tragedy." Her work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and Georgetown University (Lady MacBeth, A Self-Portrait," 1935, and "Winter Twilight"), both in Washington, D.C.; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, both in New York City. Markham was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, Southern Vermont Artists and Deerfield Valley Artists. Kyra Markham died in 1967.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Oct. 19, 2025
KYRA MARKHAM SELF PORTRAIT LITHOGRAPH
Est: $400 - $600
MARKHAM, Kyra, (American, 1891-1967): Self-Portrait as Lady Macbeth”, Lithograph, sight size 12.25” x 9”, 15.75" x 11.375" with margin, hinge mounted at the top margins, signed lower right, numbered 31/50, dated 1935, framed, 18.25” x 15”.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jun. 27, 2025
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPHS (2)
Est: $200 - $400
Kyra (Gaither) Markham (1891-1967) 1. And He Said. The lithograph, numbered 25 in an edition of 50 prints, is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. Image measures 12 x 9.75, sheet is 14.75H x 12.75W inches. 2. Penny Lady? The lithograph, from an edition of 50 prints, is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. Image measures 10 x 13, sheet is 12H x 16W inches. Measurements are included in the description. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Soulis Auctions
Oct. 19, 2024
Kyra Markham (American, 1891-1967) aquatint
Est: $300 - $500
Night and Morn aquatint, signed, dated and titled in pencil. 8 x 4 7/8"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2024
Kyra Markham (American 1891-1967) lithograph
Est: $300 - $500
Penny, Lady? lithograph, 1936, signed, dated and titled in pencil, edition of 50, minor handling creases. 9 3/4 x 12 3/4''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 29, 2024
KYRA MARKHAM (AMERICAN 1891-1967)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
KYRA MARKHAM (AMERICAN 1891-1967) Bleecker Street, Fire Hydrant, 1942 lithograph image dimensions: 21.3 x 26.5 cm (8 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.) framed dimensions: 41.5 x 45.5 (16 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.) signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Ed. 25' in pencil, lower margin. LOT NOTES Edition of 25
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Jun. 15, 2024
KYRA MARKHAM STRIKING SOCIAL REALISM PAINTING
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
MARKHAM, Kyra, (American, 1891-1967): African-American Family Walking with a Casket to the Cemetery, Oil/Masonite, 16" x 20", signed lower right and dated '63, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jun. 15, 2024
KYRA MARKHAM WORLD WAR II GRAPHIC PAINTING
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
MARKHAM, Kyra, (American, 1891-1967): German Army with Adolf Hitler and a Crucified Figure Wearing a Crown of Thorns, Oil/Masonite, 30" x 22", signed lower left, framed, 34.5" x 27".
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jun. 15, 2024
KYRA MARKHAM DAY AT THE PIER PAINTING
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
MARKHAM, Kyra, (American, 1891-1967): Crowded Fishing Pier, Oil/Masonite, 20" x 24", signed lower right, dated '58, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jan. 25, 2024
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) Lockout.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) Lockout. Lithograph on buff wove paper, 1937. 255x306 mm; 10x12 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 27/50 in pencil, lower margin. Other impressions of this print are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Brooklyn Museum, New York. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1909, Markham not only worked as an artist but also as an actress. During the 1930s, Markham's prints focused on social realist scenes of New York. She worked in the WPA Federal Art Project's graphic arts division and also created artwork to exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 16, 2024
Kyra Markham (American 1891-1967) Elin and Maria, lithograph 1934, signed, titled, dated in pencil edition of 7, 16 7/8 x 3 1/2. Provenance: Matthew S. Marks Co, Ltd., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner
Est: $500 - $1,000
Kyra Markham (American 1891-1967) Elin and Maria, lithograph 1934, signed, titled, dated in pencil edition of 7, 16 7/8 x 3 1/2. Provenance: Matthew S. Marks Co, Ltd., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Nov. 16, 2023
Kyra Markham, Penny, Lady?
Est: $300 - $500
Kyra Markham Penny, Lady? 1936 lithograph on GCM image: 9.875 h x 12.75 w in (25 x 32 cm) sheet: 11.875 h x 16 w in (30 x 41 cm) Signed, titled, dated and numbered to lower edge 'Penny, Lady? Ed. 50 Kyra Markham '36'. This work is from the edition of 50. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Nov. 12, 2023
KYRA (GAITHER) MARKHAM (IL/VT, 1891-1967)
Est: $250 - $350
"An Hundred Kisses", limited edition lithograph, pencil signed, dated 1937 and marked as an edition of 100, depicting the ballet from backstage. Inscribed verso "For Ashley" and "Kyra Markham, wife of Frank Lloyd Wright, WPA artist. This piece sold in 2005 for $500. Chicago artist. Gifted to me by Jim Romano Lee Studios, 1981". In silver painted reeded frame, matted under plexiglass, OS: 10 3/4" x 13 1/4", impression: 6 3/4" x 9 3/4".
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 08, 2023
Kyra Markham (American, 1891-1967) Still Life
Est: $500 - $1,000
Kyra Markham (American, 1891-1967) Still Life, oil painting on board, signed and dated 66. Size: 24.5'' x 20.75'', 62 x 53 cm (board).
Material Culture
Nov. 08, 2023
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) Painting
Est: $400 - $800
Kyra Markham (American, 1891-1967) Portrait (Haiti) Painting on board, signed and dated 66. Size: 24'' x 20'', 61 x 51 cm (board).
Material Culture
Nov. 02, 2023
KYRA MARKHAM Night Club.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
KYRA MARKHAM Night Club. Lithograph, 1935. 352x267 mm; 13 7/8x10 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered "1-26" in pencil, lower margin. A very good, dark impression with brilliant contrasts. An artist as well as an actress, Markham's (1891-1967) work seeks out every day dramas, assisted by her use of high contrast and shadows. Markham attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1907 to 1909, when she left the Institute to work at Chicago's Little Theater and later with the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts. She became an illustrator to supplement her acting career and in 1930 attended classes at the Art Students League in New York, where she started to work in lithography.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 21, 2023
Kyra Markham lithograph
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) Lockout lithograph, 1937, signed, dated, titled and numbered 43/50. 10 x 12"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 30, 2023
Kyra Markham Lithograph, "Night Club"
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Kyra Markham (American 1891-1967) " Night Club, " 1935, lithograph, signed and dated lower right, 1-31, Kyra Markham '35, titled in pencil lower left, matted and framed. Museum Glass. Dimensions: 18.25 x 15.75 in. sheet size, 13.75 x 10.5 in. image size. Condition: Hinged to backing support at top of sheet. Scattered discoloration in margins, lightly light toned and matt burned, light handling creases in margins and in lower section of image.
Neue Auctions
Sep. 21, 2023
KYRA MARKHAM Linen and Glass.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
KYRA MARKHAM Linen and Glass. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. 510x460 mm; 20x18 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Provenance: Donn and Pam Duncan, Tucson; private collection, New Jersey. An artist as well as an actress, Markham's (1891-1967) work seeks out every day dramas, assisted by her use of high contrast and shadows. Markham attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1907 to 1909, when she left the Institute to work at Chicago's Little Theater and later with the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts. She became an illustrator to supplement her acting career and in 1930 attended classes at the Art Students League in New York, where she started to work in lithography.
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 05, 2023
Kyra Markham aquatint
Est: $400 - $600
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) Hotcha aquatint, 1938, signed, dated and titled in pencil. 9 x 7''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 18, 2023
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) Lithograph
Est: $500 - $700
"And He Said...", pencil signed, dated for 1943 and numbered 21/50.
Locati LLC
Jun. 03, 2023
Kyra Markham etching
Est: $400 - $700
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''Art Gets Paid'' etching, 1937, signed, dated and titled in pencil. 6 x 8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 03, 2023
Kyra Markham lithograph
Est: $500 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''The Fit Yourself Shop'' lithograph, 1935, signed, dated, titled and numbered 36/50 in pencil, minor foxing and handling creases in margins. 12 1/2 x 9 5/8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 24, 2023
Kyra MARKHAM: "Fit Yourself.." - Print
Est: $200 - $300
Kyra Markham (American, 1899-1967) print of a dressing room titled "Fit Yourself Shop," numbered "11/50" and signed lower right in margin and in the stone, 1935. Provenance: From the Eileen and Marvin Reingold Collection. [Sight: 12" H x 9 1/2" W; Frame: 21" H x 20 1/2" W]. In good condition.
Roland Auctions NY
Feb. 16, 2023
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) Flag Raising in Leroy Street.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) Flag Raising in Leroy Street. Lithograph. 320x245 mm; 12 5/8x9 5/8 inches. Edition of 25. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Ed. 25" in pencil, lower margin. 1942. A very good impression of this scarce lithograph. We have found only 7 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. An artist as well as an actress, Markham's works seek out every day dramas, assisted by her use of high contrast and shadows. Markham attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1907 to 1909, when she left the Institute to work at Chicago's Little Theater and later with the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts. She became an illustrator to supplement her acting career and in 1930 attended classes at the Art Students League in New York, where she started to work in lithography. Her employment with the Federal Art Project in 1936 coincided with what are considered the finest examples of her lithographic œuvre. The New York Herald Tribune named Markham among the Federal Art Project's Graphic Arts Division artists who "assist particularly in carrying on the project's graphic work to a success unsurpassed by any of its other departments" after viewing the spring 1937 exhibition of "Recent Fine Prints" at the Federal Art Project Gallery in New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 16, 2023
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) Two lithographs.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) Two lithographs. And He Said. 308x250 mm; 12 1/8x9 7/8 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 25/50 in pencil, lower margin. 1943 * Penny, Lady?. 245x325 mm; 9 3/4x12 3/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 50. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Ed 50" in pencil, lower margin. 1936. Very good impressions.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 04, 2023
Kyra Markham aquatint
Est: $400 - $600
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''Summer Idyll''- aquatint, 1941, signed and dated in pencil. 10 x 12''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 04, 2023
Kyra Markham aquatint
Est: $500 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''An Hundred Kisses''- aquatint, 1937, signed, dated and titled in pencil. 7 x 9 7/8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 04, 2023
Kyra Markham lithograph
Est: $500 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''Memories of Diaghilev''- lithograph, 1937, signed, dated, and titled in pencil, stamped 'Federal Art Project/ NYC WPA', edition of about 25, done for the NYC WPA, staining in top margin. 14 x 10 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 04, 2023
Kyra Markham lithograph
Est: $600 - $900
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''Sweeping the Snow of Petrouchka''- lithograph, 1936, signed, titled and dated in pencil, edition of about 25 done for NYC WPA. 10 x 12 1/4''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 04, 2023
Kyra Markham lithograph
Est: $500 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''Parnell & Katie O'Shea''- lithograph, 1936, signed and dated in pencil, edition of about 25 done for NYC WPA. 13 1/2 x 10 1/4''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 04, 2023
Kyra Markham lithograph
Est: $500 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) ''Building Twelfth Night''- lithograph, 1934, signed, dated, titled and numbered 6/20 in pencil, some foxing throughout. 12 3/4 x 10''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 19, 2023
KYRA MARKHAM, American (1891-1967), "The Fit Yourself Shop", 1935, lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 12 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (plate)
Est: $400 - $600
KYRA MARKHAM American, (1891-1967) "The Fit Yourself Shop", 1935 lithograph in black on ivory wove paper signed and dated lower right "Kyra Markham 35", titled and numbered lower left "36/50"
Shannon's
Dec. 05, 2022
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) The Silver Trumpets of the Rain, 1936 Lithograph on pap
Est: $600 - $800
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) The Silver Trumpets of the Rain, 1936 Lithograph on paper 17-3/4 x 13-1/2 inches (45.1 x 34.3 cm) (sheet) Ed. 45/50 Signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil along lower edge HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 05, 2022
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) The Fit Yourself Shop, 1935 Lithograph on paper 17-1/8
Est: $500 - $700
Kyra Markham (1891-1967) The Fit Yourself Shop, 1935 Lithograph on paper 17-1/8 x 12-3/4 inches (43.5 x 32.4 cm) (sheet) Ed. 28/50 Signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil along lower edge HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 04, 2022
KYRA MARKHAM (Illinois/Vermont, 1891-1967), "The Fit Yourself Shop", 1935., Lithograph, 12.75" x 9.75". Matted 20" x 16".
Est: $600 - $900
KYRA MARKHAM Illinois/Vermont, 1891-1967 "The Fit Yourself Shop", 1935. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 21/50 in pencil lower margin.
Eldred's
Sep. 24, 2022
Kyra MARKHAM: "Self-Portrait as Lady Macbeth"
Est: $300 - $500
Kyra MARKHAM (1891-1967): "Self-Portrait as Lady Macbeth". Lithograph on wove paper, 1935. Edition 50. Signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil. Image size: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Sep. 22, 2022
KYRA MARKHAM Linen and Glass.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
KYRA MARKHAM Linen and Glass. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. 510x460 mm; 20x18 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Donn Duncan, Tucson; private collection, New Jersey. An artist as well as an actress, Markham's (1891-1967) works seek out every day dramas, assisted by her use of high contrast and shadows. Markham attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1907 to 1909, when she left the Institute to work at Chicago's Little Theater and later with the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts. She became an illustrator to supplement her acting career and in 1930 attended classes at the Art Students League in New York, where she started to work in lithography.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 30, 2022
KYRA MARKHAM Lockout.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
KYRA MARKHAM Lockout. Lithograph, 1937. 255x306 mm; 10x12 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 16/50 in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce lithograph. An artist as well as an actress, Markham's (1891-1967) works seek out every day dramas, assisted by her use of high contrast and shadows. Markham attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1907 to 1909, when she left the Institute to work at Chicago's Little Theater and later with the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts. She became an illustrator to supplement her acting career and in 1930 attended classes at the Art Students League in New York, where she started to work in lithography. Her employment with the Federal Art Project in 1936 coincided with what are considered the finest examples of her lithographic œuvre. The New York Herald Tribune named Markham among the Federal Art Project's Graphic Arts Division artists who "assist particularly in carrying on the project's graphic work to a success unsurpassed by any of its other departments" after viewing the spring 1937 exhibition of "Recent Fine Prints" at the Federal Art Project Gallery in New York.
Swann Auction Galleries