Photo © Rachel Davis Fine Arts — view this lot on Rachel Davis Fine Arts ↗Ben Shahn Graphics, Philadelphia Museum of Art offset
Lithograph
Rachel Davis Fine Arts · Jun 29, 2024Result not published
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Auction result
Alternative
Ben Shahn (American, 1898–1969) · 1962
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $15,000 – $25,000 (≈ £12,069 – £20,114) (≈ €14,128 – €23,547)
Offered at Bonhams and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Tempera · Paintings all tempera results →As published: “tempera on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 24 3/8 x 53 1/2in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Art (23480)
- Date
- November 22, 2016
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 94
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $25,000 (≈ £12,069 – £20,114) (≈ €14,128 – €23,547)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2015 and 2016 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Nov 18, 2015 · Bonhams
American Art, lot 104
Bought in / unsold · est. $40,000 – $60,000
As catalogued
Ben Shahn, “Alternative”, 1962
tempera on panel
24 3/8 x 53 1/2in
Nov 22, 2016 · Bonhams this result
American Art, lot 94
Bought in / unsold · est. $15,000 – $25,000
As catalogued
Ben Shahn, “Alternative”, 1962
tempera on panel
24 3/8 x 53 1/2in
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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