Gershon Benjamin: career timeline
American · 1899–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 51 of 77 lots (66% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | $3.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | $3.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | $2.6kSign up | Gouache |
| 1940s | 12 | 12 | $1.9kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1950s | 10 | 10 | $2.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 9 | 9 | $1.6kSign up | Pastel |
| 1970s | 11 | 11 | $4kSign up | Pastel |
| 1980s | 3 | 2 | $1kSign up | Pastel |
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1910s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 4.5 × 7 in (12 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1919 Field with Tree Line$3.8kSign up
1920s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9.5 in (25 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2)
1921 Landscape$4.4kSign up
1922 Tree in Landscape$2kSign up
1930s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 4 × 5 in (10 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
c. 1930 View of New York$3.5kSign up
c. 1935 New York at Night$1.6kSign up
1940s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 13 in (40 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (7), Gouache (3), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1940 Brooklyn Bridge Study$1.4kSign up
1941 Autumn #3$2.5kSign up
1941 Autumn 4$1kSign up
1943 New York Street #2$1.9kSign up
1943 Woman in Blue Jacket$1.6kSign up
1945 City Sunset$2kSign up
c. 1945 Reading the Paper$1.8kSign up · sold 2×
1947 New York Skyline$1.5kSign up
1947 Dark Buildings Study$2kSign up
1949 Trees in Autumn$1.9kSign up
1949 Trees in the Spring$2.3kSign up
1949 Gladiolus$2.3kSign up
1950s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 24 in (76 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7), Gouache (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (3), Landscapes (1)
1950 The Orchard$2.3kSign up
1950 Untitled$1.3kSign up
1950 Early Spring III$1.3kSign up
1950 Beech Trees$2.1kSign up
1950 Still Life with Begonias$12.6kSign up
1950 Still Life with Flowers$2.1kSign up
1950 Roses on the Blue Chair$3.8kSign up
1950 Early Spring$1.6kSign up
1951 Early Spring II$2.1kSign up
1952 Potted Cactus in Bloom$8.8kSign up
1960s 9 works
- Sold
- 9 of 9
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 14 in (34 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (7), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1967 Zinnia and Marigold Still Life$4.7kSign up
1968 River Landscape$1.3kSign up
1968 Swimmers$3.6kSign up
1968 Swimmers$1.3kSign up
1968 Untitled$1.6kSign up
1968 Pool Side$1.3kSign up
1968 The Forest$1.6kSign up
1969 Walking Path$2.4kSign up
1969 The Jetty$938Sign up
1970s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $4.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 23 in (48 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (4), Watercolor (3), Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1970 Night Landscape$7.6kSign up
1970 Glass Jar and Leaf Stems$4kSign up
1970 Tree in Summer Field$2.8kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled$1.4kSign up
1971 Flower Still Life$11.3kSign up
1974 Tree in Landscape$2.8kSign up
c. 1975 Chuki Watching$5.3kSign up
1976 Bathers$1.5kSign up
1977 Peonies on Rose Tablecloth$6.5kSign up
1977 Wild Daisies$5.3kSign up
1979 Christmas Cactus$2.8kSign up
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 10 in (22 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1980 Untitled$756Sign up
1980 Autumn Landscape with a Figure$1.3kSign up
1984 Portrait of a ManUnsold
Creation date not recorded
26 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 26 works
- Sold
- 20 of 26
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 16.5 in (33 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (12), Gouache (8), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (6), Flowers & still life (3), Boats (2)
sold 2020 Mixed Bouquet$3.2kSign up
sold 2021 Two Trees$3.6kSign up
sold 2022 Ships on the HorizonUnsold
sold 2022 Looking Towards Roosevelt Island$2.1kSign up
sold 2022 Snow Landscape$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Still Life #8$8.8kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Portrait of a WomanUnsold
sold 2022 On the Ferry Boat #4$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 Milton Avery$2.2kSign up
sold 2022 Bathers$3kSign up
sold 2022 My Cat, Fella$2.5kSign up
sold 2022 The Gallery$2kSign up
…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Gershon Benjamin auction results →