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David Shapiro

American · 1943–2014 · Draughtsman

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34lots offered2012–2026years recorded87%sold (20)$984Sign up free to seemedian price

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Birnham Wood 8Rago Auctions · Dec 2022$6,250≈ £5,129≈ €5,936Sign up to see
"Savasan (16)"Van Ham · Sep 2025€2,418≈ $2,858≈ £2,099Sign up to see
Untitled (Blue Horizontal 17-MT-88)Rago Auctions · Dec 2022$2,750≈ £2,257≈ €2,612Sign up to see

David Shapiro’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).

Lot images as published by each auction house (23 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

David Shapiro, KALA (26), 1989, oil on canvas — KALA (26), 1989
Rago Auctions · Aug 28, 2026
$896Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Poignancy of Things II, 1981, Lithograph with hand stamping and hand coloring — Poignancy of Things II, 1981
Clarke Auction Gallery · Jun 28, 2026
$150Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Clearing 5, 2005, lithograph, collagraph and aquatint in colors — Clearing 5, 2005
Rago Auctions · Jun 12, 2026
$832Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Savasan II, 1987, engraving, aquatint, woodblock, drypoint and carborundum etching — Savasan II, 1987
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jan 29, 2026
$2,413Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Clearing, 1989, Monoprint in colors on handmade paper — Clearing, 1989
Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026
$1,280Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, "Savasan (16)", 1988, Acryl auf Leinwand — "Savasan (16)", 1988
Van Ham · Sep 18, 2025
€2,418Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Savasan 8, 1994, lithograph, collagraph, and aquatint etching in colors — Savasan 8, 1994
Toomey & Co. · Jul 23, 2025
$1,080Sign up free to see

Abstract Print, 1978
Brunk Auctions · Oct 10, 2024
$150Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Savason 15, 1987, acrylic, monotype and watercolor on paper — Savason 15, 1987
Rago Auctions · Aug 15, 2024
$1,071Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, The Poignancy of Things VII, 1978, acrylic and collage in artist-made frame — The Poignancy of Things VII, 1978
Rago Auctions · Jun 11, 2024
$2,358Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Birnham Wood, 1981, etching and aquatint in colors on Sekishu — Birnham Wood, 1981
Rago Auctions · Jun 4, 2024
$441Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Subtle Body (16), Acrylic on canvas — Subtle Body (16)
Clarke Auction Gallery · Mar 10, 2024
$1,600Sign up free to see

Origin & Return 2, 1999
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Aug 6, 2023
$756Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Birnham Wood 8, 1980, acrylic on canvas — Birnham Wood 8, 1980
Rago Auctions · Dec 7, 2022
$6,250Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Untitled (Blue Horizontal 17-MT-88), 1988, monoprint — Untitled (Blue Horizontal 17-MT-88), 1988
Rago Auctions · Dec 7, 2022
$2,750Sign up free to see

Savasan 9, 1996
Brunk Auctions · May 11, 2018
$300Sign up free to see

Savasan 13, 1987
Brunk Auctions · May 11, 2018
$500Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Cusp 9 — Cusp 9
Rago Auctions · Nov 11, 2017
$1,875Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Circus Theme, colour relief print on paper — Circus Theme
Levis Fine Art Auctions · Dec 3, 2016
CA$199Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Theatre II, 1973, acrylic on canvas — Theatre II, 1973
Bonhams · Nov 18, 2012
$188Sign up free to see

David Shapiro, Birnham Wood, 1981, etching and aquatint in colors on Sekishu — Birnham Wood, 1981
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 7, 2023

Origin & Return 2, 1999
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Apr 2, 2023

David Shapiro, Theatre II, 1973, acrylic on canvas — Theatre II, 1973
Bonhams · Jul 22, 2012

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