Yosl Bergner: career timeline

Israeli · 1920–2017 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 54 lots (51% 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.

Yosl Bergner: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	2	2	$17.7kSign up	Watercolor
1940s	3	2	$19.4kSign up	Oil
1950s	2	1	$5.3kSign up	Drawing
1960s	3	3	$3.1kSign up	Oil
1970s	6	2	$21.1kSign up	Oil
1980s	7	5	$6.4kSign up	Oil
2010s	4	2	$4.5kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $17.7kSign up
Average: $17.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 14 in (45 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1938 Victoria Market$1.7kSign up
1939 Self-Portrait (1939)$33.7kSign up

1940s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $19.4kSign up
Average: $19.4kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 16.5 in (41 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

1940 In Fitzroy c1940 (Still Life verso)$22.9kSign up
1941 Still Life 1941$16kSign up · sold 2×
1944 Carlton Slum 1944Unsold

1950s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $5.3kSign up
Average: $5.3kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 19 in (44 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1950 Untitled - Figure in a Landscape with TreeUnsold
1956 The Wall$5.3kSign up

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 18 in (51 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1960 Still life$2.6kSign up
c. 1960 Couple$3.1kSign up
1961 Angels$7.3kSign up

1970s 6 works

Sold: 2 of 6
Median: $21.1kSign up
Average: $21.1kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 31.5 in (84 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Mixed media (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Birds (1), Cattle & animals (1)

1971 The Clown 1971$41kSign up
c. 1972 Girl and Bird at the Window c.1972 mixed media signed lower left: Yosl Bergner$1.3kSign up
1976 Toy Monsters 1976Unsold
1977 Rocking Horse 1977 oil on paper on board signed lower left: YOSL BERGNER 33.5 x 43cmUnsold
1979 The Botanist 1979Unsold
1979 Bottles 1979 chinagraph pencil signed lower right (in Hebrew) 40 x 30cmUnsold

1980s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $13kSign up
Typical size: 33.5 × 33.5 in (86 × 85 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1981 Still Life 1981Unsold
1981 Preparing for a Festival$5.5kSign up
1982 Flight of the Kites 1982$6.4kSign up
1982 The Last Supper 1982$43.2kSign up
1987 Metamorphosis$1.6kSign up
1987 Painting to Franz Kafka's "The Trial" - Several Young Girls Raced Past K. Up The StairsUnsold
1987 OF In the Name of Clamm into the Stall, With You into the Stall, All of You 1987 oil on canvas$8.4kSign up

2010s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $4.5kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 23.5 in (51 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

2011 Friends 2011Unsold
2011 Peeping Houses 2011 oil on canvas Private Collection of the late Zalman Schnur signed and dated lower right: Y. BERGNER$5kSign up
2012 Memories$4kSign up
2012 Memories 2012Unsold

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 2010s 17 works

Sold: 15 of 17
Median: $270Sign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 19 in (44 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Oil (6), Screenprint (3)
Subjects: Birds (2), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2012 Figure and Two Birds$270Sign up
sold 2013 Samover$242Sign up
sold 2013 The Diamond$530Sign up
sold 2014 The Fiddler on the Roof$6.5kSign up
sold 2014 Peeping Houses$5.5kSign up
sold 2014 Yossi with the Fiddle$16.5kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2014 Settlement$82Sign up
sold 2014 Displacement$217Sign up
sold 2015 Displacement$100Sign up
sold 2015 The Performer$270Sign up
sold 2015 The Angel oil on canvasUnsold
sold 2015 The Surprised Grater oil on canvas intialled and signed in Hebrew lower left: Y. B.Unsold

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 15.5 in (41 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Sculpture (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (4), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2020 Yossi's Violin$5.5kSign up
sold 2021 Orange Flowers$1.4kSign up
sold 2022 Looking In, Gazing Out$5.2kSign up
sold 2022 Girl at Window$81Sign up
sold 2023 Toys$750Sign up
sold 2024 The Show-Offs (Mediterranean Cycle)$5kSign up

Show 3 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Table Still LifeUnsold
sold 2025 Still LifeUnsold
sold 2026 Wedding and Flowers$10.5kSign up

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 Yosl Bergner auction results →