Researcher ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2299-4179
Graduation Year
2023
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Second Department
Art History
Reader 1
Patrick Van Horn
Reader 2
Rosalia Romero
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2022 Lucy P Bloomstran
Abstract
This paper examines the gender price discount for early twentieth-century Mexican avant-garde art in the contemporary auction market. A premium for art by men is established through the econometric analysis of a dataset of auction transactions taking place at major American and Mexican auction houses between 2000 and 2022. After this price discount for women’s art is established, a deep delve into gender discrimination in the creation and exhibition of Mexican Muralism and Surrealism is presented to provide possible art historical explanations for the results of the regression analysis.
Recommended Citation
Bloomstran, Lucy P., "Why Have There Been No Rich Women Artists? Examining the Gender Price Discount in the Contemporary Auction Market for Early Twentieth Century Mexican Avant-Garde Art" (2023). Scripps Senior Theses. 2195.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2195
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