Ben Benn, Still Life

Ben Benn

American · 1884–1983 · Painter

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23auction results2007–2025years recorded83%sold (19)$524Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Ben Benn, Grapes and Pears, 1953, Oil on canvasGrapes and PearsClarke Auction Gallery · $1,800≈ £1,326≈ €1,593Sign up to see
  2. Ben Benn, The Fisherman, 1940, Oil on boardThe FishermanClarke Auction Gallery · $1,600≈ £1,213≈ €1,464Sign up to see
  3. Ben Benn, The Red Still Life, 1954, oil on canvasThe Red Still LifeToomey & Co. · $1,056≈ £850≈ €1,022Sign up to see

Ben Benn’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
median $524free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
19
of 23 offered · 2007–2025
Sell-through
83%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$316$1k$3k2017201820192020202120222023202420252016-09-11 · $7502017-08-16 · $4232018-12-02 · $5002019-02-10 · $1502021-06-20 · $6002022-01-09 · $1,8002022-02-27 · $5042022-03-06 · $1,6002022-05-01 · $5502023-05-02 · $1662023-07-26 · $3782023-10-10 · $5042023-10-10 · $5242023-10-10 · $5242025-02-04 · $3962025-02-04 · $1,0562025-02-04 · $6992025-02-04 · $8582025-04-22 · $250
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202555$699Sign up
202355$504Sign up
202254$1.1kSign up
202111$600Sign up
201911$150Sign up
201821$500Sign up
201711$423Sign up
201611$750Sign up
201210—Sign up
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Related artists — American, born 1859–1909