Ben-Zion Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ben-Zion Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 15, 2026
Ben-Zion Weinman Print & Sterling Clad Sculpture.
Est: $100 - $200
The lot contains of 2 pieces of art by Ben-Zion Weinman. There is an "Exidus 17:11" etching and aquatint print from the Biblical Themes series, which is signed and numbered 140/140. It measures 22 1/2" x 15 3/4". Next, there is a silver clad spherical sculpture depicting the city of Israel. It is marked Ben-Zion 925 in two places. It measures 4" tall, and 4 3/8" in diameter. There are some small spots and yellowing on the print paper, and the sculpture has some scratches. Otherwise, the lot is in overall good condition. In-house shipping is available. To receive the best shipping rate on this item, please check the "Self Arranged" button at checkout. Our in-house shipping department will contact you once it's ready to ship in the most economical way we can. We use Fedex exclusively for best and safest shipment.
Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.
Jul. 10, 2026
Benzion Weinman "BEN-ZION" Litho Pleading Prophet"
Est: $50 - $100
Benzion Weinman "BEN-ZION" (Israeli, 1897-1987) "Pleading Prophet" AP Lithograph. Pencil signed lower right: Ben Zion", titled, edition: "A.P." mounted in a gilt wood frame. Measures 19" x 14-1/2" (sight), frame 27-1/2" x 22-1/5". Condition: Toning, foxing Estimate 50 - 100 Domestic shipping Third Party
Orion Antiques
May. 20, 2026
Ben-Zion Still Life with Flowers and Umbrella
Est: $500 - $800
Ben-Zion Weinman (Ukrainian/American, 1897-1987), Still Life with Vase of Flowers and Umbrella, undated, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 28 x 24 inches, over a new stretcher, unframed. One of the founding members of The Ten, an important American artists collective.
Concept Art Gallery
May. 20, 2026
Ben Zion Biblical Themes Portfolio of Signed Etchings 1951
Est: $200 - $400
Ben-Zion Weinman (Ukrainian/American, 1897-1987), Biblical Themes portfolio, 17 of 18 etchings are present (i.e., missing 1), 1951, each pencil signed and numbered 48/65 in the lower margin. Sheet size 22 x 17.75 inches. Includes title folder and colophon. Printed by Roger Lacouriere, Paris and published by Curt Valentin, NYC.
Concept Art Gallery
Apr. 18, 2026
Ben-Zion (1897-1987) American, Judaica Sterling Silver Sculpture on Marble Base
Est: $200 - $400
Ben-Zion (1897-1987) American, Judaica Sterling Silver Sculpture on Marble Base. Depicts a Bar Mitzvah scene with a young boy reading from the Torah scroll. Label on the front reads "Ben-Zion Israel." Stamped "925" on the back of the sculpture. Size: 3 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. Ben-Zion, also known as Ben-Zion Weinman, was born on July 8th, 1897 in Starokostiantyniv, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). In 1909 the family moved to Galicia, and after first studying to be a rabbi he shifted to focus on art, traveling to Vienna to study but rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts due to his Jewish heritage. He immigrated to the United States after the death of his father in 1920, where he wrote poetry and began to teach Hebrew lessons while teaching himself to paint, finally committing himself fully to art in the early 1930s after he began teaching lessons at Cooper Union. He became a member of “The Ten” group of expressionist artists, gaining renown alongside Mark Rothko and others up through the 1960s as he began to shift towards sculpture. He died on January 23rd, 1987 in New York City, and his works are held in numerous public and private collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Mar. 11, 2026
Ben Zion, Ukraine, Russian Federation (1897 - 1987), orchard trees on a hill, watercolor on paper, 24"H x 18"W (sheet)
Est: $300 - $500
Ben Zion Ukraine, Russian Federation, (1897 - 1987) orchard trees on a hill watercolor on paper Signed lower center. Biography from Mercury Gallery: Ben-Zion Weinman was the son of a Polish cantor and composer who raised him for the rabbinate. He became "Ben-Zion" in America after World War I because "to drag around two names is rather too difficult." His beginnings in America are sketched elsewhere in this catalogue by his wife, Lillian Ben-Zion, but in 1983 he told an interviewer from the Archives of American Art about his discovery by the historic dealer J.B. Neumann. "I see you coming here from time to time," said Neumann one Saturday afternoon. "Are you an artist, or are you buying art?" Ben-Zion said he was neither. But Neumann repeated the question several weeks later. "So I said, 'I don't know if you can call that art work,' " Ben-Zion recalled, but "I make those small, little drawings [on a writing pad]. And that's all what I have." Neumann asked how much he wanted for three of them. "I don't know," Ben-Zion replied. Neumann offered $15. "Not too much?" the artist asked. "No," said Neumann, "and you'll find out that I'm probably cheating you." Instead, the purchase launched Ben-Zion's career. In 1935, he became a founding member, with Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, of the group of American moderns, The Ten (see "The Ten: Birth of the American Avant-garde," Mercury Gallery, December 1998). Critics took note at once. A skeptical New York Sun critic said Ben-Zion painted "furiously" and called him "the farthest along" of The Ten. His The Glory of War was featured in The Ten's 1938 show, "Whitney Dissenters," staged to protest the emphasis on regionalism and social realism in the Whitney's annual exhibits. The Glory of War was "resounding" and "forceful," an Art News reviewer wrote. "Ben-Zion selects philosophical, poetic, psychological or tragic passages from the Bible," wrote New York Times art critic and Rothko biographer Dore Ashton in 1952, "and endows them with an added spiritual dimension by means of oppressive distortions and imaginative color. In [his] canvases there is an intense and very personal interpretive bias which captures the visual and emotional values of themes without literary overtones." His "Biblical pieces," Joseph Solman wrote in 1997, "are the only profound works in that genre in modern art besides. . . Chagall and the dramatic scenes of Rouault." When New York's Jewish Museum opened in 1948, it was with a Ben-Zion show. Twice more he was exhibited there, including a large 1959 retrospective. The Phillips Collection and The Museum of Modern Art acquired Ben-Zions. The prominent dealer Curt Valentin exhibited Ben-Zion and published his remarkable Biblical etchings. But when Abstract Expressionism became ascendant Ben-Zion, who viewed all art as abstract expressionism, stopped showing at galleries. He died in 1987, fed up with the art market, inspired as ever by art itself.
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 11, 2026
Ben Zion, Ukraine, Russian Federation (1897 - 1987), trees in an orchard, mixed media / gouache or tempera on paper, 12"H x 15 1/2"W
Est: $300 - $500
Ben Zion Ukraine, Russian Federation, (1897 - 1987) trees in an orchard mixed media / gouache or tempera on paper Signed to lower right. White paint loss. Biography from Mercury Gallery: Ben-Zion Weinman was the son of a Polish cantor and composer who raised him for the rabbinate. He became "Ben-Zion" in America after World War I because "to drag around two names is rather too difficult." His beginnings in America are sketched elsewhere in this catalogue by his wife, Lillian Ben-Zion, but in 1983 he told an interviewer from the Archives of American Art about his discovery by the historic dealer J.B. Neumann. "I see you coming here from time to time," said Neumann one Saturday afternoon. "Are you an artist, or are you buying art?" Ben-Zion said he was neither. But Neumann repeated the question several weeks later. "So I said, 'I don't know if you can call that art work,' " Ben-Zion recalled, but "I make those small, little drawings [on a writing pad]. And that's all what I have." Neumann asked how much he wanted for three of them. "I don't know," Ben-Zion replied. Neumann offered $15. "Not too much?" the artist asked. "No," said Neumann, "and you'll find out that I'm probably cheating you." Instead, the purchase launched Ben-Zion's career. In 1935, he became a founding member, with Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, of the group of American moderns, The Ten (see "The Ten: Birth of the American Avant-garde," Mercury Gallery, December 1998). Critics took note at once. A skeptical New York Sun critic said Ben-Zion painted "furiously" and called him "the farthest along" of The Ten. His The Glory of War was featured in The Ten's 1938 show, "Whitney Dissenters," staged to protest the emphasis on regionalism and social realism in the Whitney's annual exhibits. The Glory of War was "resounding" and "forceful," an Art News reviewer wrote. "Ben-Zion selects philosophical, poetic, psychological or tragic passages from the Bible," wrote New York Times art critic and Rothko biographer Dore Ashton in 1952, "and endows them with an added spiritual dimension by means of oppressive distortions and imaginative color. In [his] canvases there is an intense and very personal interpretive bias which captures the visual and emotional values of themes without literary overtones." His "Biblical pieces," Joseph Solman wrote in 1997, "are the only profound works in that genre in modern art besides. . . Chagall and the dramatic scenes of Rouault." When New York's Jewish Museum opened in 1948, it was with a Ben-Zion show. Twice more he was exhibited there, including a large 1959 retrospective. The Phillips Collection and The Museum of Modern Art acquired Ben-Zions. The prominent dealer Curt Valentin exhibited Ben-Zion and published his remarkable Biblical etchings. But when Abstract Expressionism became ascendant Ben-Zion, who viewed all art as abstract expressionism, stopped showing at galleries. He died in 1987, fed up with the art market, inspired as ever by art itself.
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 11, 2026
Ben Zion, Ukraine, Russian Federation (1897 - 1987), self? portrait of a bearded man, watercolor and ink on thick paper, 6 3/4"H x 5 1/4"W
Est: $200 - $300
Ben Zion Ukraine, Russian Federation, (1897 - 1987) self? portrait of a bearded man watercolor and ink on thick paper Signed lower left. Biography from Mercury Gallery: Ben-Zion Weinman was the son of a Polish cantor and composer who raised him for the rabbinate. He became "Ben-Zion" in America after World War I because "to drag around two names is rather too difficult." His beginnings in America are sketched elsewhere in this catalogue by his wife, Lillian Ben-Zion, but in 1983 he told an interviewer from the Archives of American Art about his discovery by the historic dealer J.B. Neumann. "I see you coming here from time to time," said Neumann one Saturday afternoon. "Are you an artist, or are you buying art?" Ben-Zion said he was neither. But Neumann repeated the question several weeks later. "So I said, 'I don't know if you can call that art work,' " Ben-Zion recalled, but "I make those small, little drawings [on a writing pad]. And that's all what I have." Neumann asked how much he wanted for three of them. "I don't know," Ben-Zion replied. Neumann offered $15. "Not too much?" the artist asked. "No," said Neumann, "and you'll find out that I'm probably cheating you." Instead, the purchase launched Ben-Zion's career. In 1935, he became a founding member, with Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, of the group of American moderns, The Ten (see "The Ten: Birth of the American Avant-garde," Mercury Gallery, December 1998). Critics took note at once. A skeptical New York Sun critic said Ben-Zion painted "furiously" and called him "the farthest along" of The Ten. His The Glory of War was featured in The Ten's 1938 show, "Whitney Dissenters," staged to protest the emphasis on regionalism and social realism in the Whitney's annual exhibits. The Glory of War was "resounding" and "forceful," an Art News reviewer wrote. "Ben-Zion selects philosophical, poetic, psychological or tragic passages from the Bible," wrote New York Times art critic and Rothko biographer Dore Ashton in 1952, "and endows them with an added spiritual dimension by means of oppressive distortions and imaginative color. In [his] canvases there is an intense and very personal interpretive bias which captures the visual and emotional values of themes without literary overtones." His "Biblical pieces," Joseph Solman wrote in 1997, "are the only profound works in that genre in modern art besides. . . Chagall and the dramatic scenes of Rouault." When New York's Jewish Museum opened in 1948, it was with a Ben-Zion show. Twice more he was exhibited there, including a large 1959 retrospective. The Phillips Collection and The Museum of Modern Art acquired Ben-Zions. The prominent dealer Curt Valentin exhibited Ben-Zion and published his remarkable Biblical etchings. But when Abstract Expressionism became ascendant Ben-Zion, who viewed all art as abstract expressionism, stopped showing at galleries. He died in 1987, fed up with the art market, inspired as ever by art itself.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 10, 2026
BEN ZION STERLING DREIDEL SCULPTURE ON MARBLE BASE.
Est: $60 - $100
Ben Zion Sterling Dreidel Sculpture on Marble Base. Dimensions: Height: 7.25 inches, Width: 3.75 inches, Depth: 3.75 inches. - Additional Dimensions: Dreidel only H: 6.5 inches, W: 2 inches, D: 2 inches --- US Packing and Shipping charge: $35 Plus required insurance at a rate of $2 per hundred. - We offer curbside delivery for most items to NYC, Manhattan, Close Brooklyn, Hoboken about a week after the auction at reasonable rates. Next Trip February 18. See details at our website. https://www.uniquesandantiques.com/nyc/
Uniques & Antiques
Feb. 04, 2026
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Couple
Est: $100 - $300
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Dancing Couple. Measures: 16" High, 11-1/2" Wide, 7" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Normal age wear to finish., female has cracked leg. As is condition. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 04, 2026
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Two (2) Piece Bronze Sculpture. Signed and dated "1983" numbered: "2/10." Measures: 59" High, 38-1/2" Wide, 11" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Good condition Estimate: $1000.00 - $3000.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Feb. 01, 2026
BEN-ZION WEINMAN - And Put on the Eyes of Zedekiah
Est: $180 - $220
BEN-ZION WEINMAN (Ukrainian/American, 1897-1987) "And Put on the Eyes of Zedekiah, from the suite Judges and Kings" - Limited edition etching on rag paper, Artist Proof. Signed lower right, editioned lower left. Unframed. 13.5 x 17.5 inches (image), 17.5 x 22.5 inches (paper). Very good condition - minor handling marks noted.
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting
Jan. 29, 2026
Ben-Zion, Acrobats and the Moon, 1934.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ben-Zion (1897-1987) Acrobats and the Moon. Oil on canvas, 1934. Signed in oil at lower right.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 23, 2026
Ben Zion Sterling Silver Sculpture, Mother & Child
Est: $50 - $100
Ben-Zion, Israel Sterling Silver Judaica Sculpture, "Mother & Child". On black base. Original label affixed to base, stamped 925. Measures 7" H x 7-1/2" L x 2" W. Condition: Small ding on top of base or in good condition. Estimate 50 - 100 Domestic shipping Third Party
Orion Antiques
Oct. 22, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Couple
Est: $100 - $300
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Dancing Couple. Measures: 16" High, 11-1/2" Wide, 7" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Normal age wear to finish., female has cracked leg. As is condition. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Oct. 17, 2025
Ben-ZION (1897-1987) Ukrainian - American / JEWISH
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Ben-ZION (1897 Ukraine - 1987 US) ; Boy with a mechanical toy ; mid 20th century ; oil on wood panel / framed ; dimensions 56 x 33 cm (22 x 13 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Sep. 25, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Est: $800 - $2,400
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Two (2) Piece Bronze Sculpture. Signed and dated "1983" numbered: "2/10." Measures: 59" High, 38-1/2" Wide, 11" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $800.00 - $2400.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 25, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Gold Plated Bronze
Est: $200 - $600
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Gold Plated Bronze Sculpture. Signed and numbered "3/10". Measures: 27" High, base measures: 4-1/2" Square. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Top portion needs attaching screw removed and replaced, some wear to finish. As is condition. Estimate: $200.00 - $600.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 25, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Couple
Est: $100 - $300
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Dancing Couple. Measures: 16" High, 11-1/2" Wide, 7" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Normal age wear to finish., female has cracked leg. As is condition. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 In-House Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Sep. 11, 2025
Ben Zion (1897-1987): Study of a Man
Est: $200 - $300
Watercolor and ink on handmade Chine, signed 'Ben Zion' lower right. 5 34 x 4 1/4 in. (sheet), 15 x 12 3/8 in. (frame).
STAIR
Jul. 08, 2025
Ben-Zion (American/Ukrainian 1897-1987), Still Life, Oil on Canvas, Signed l.r., Frame: 30 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (78.1 x 52.7 cm.)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Ben-Zion (American/Ukrainian 1897-1987), Still Life, Oil on Canvas, Signed l.r.,
Weschler's
Jun. 27, 2025
Ben Zion, Ukranian (1897 - 1987)
Est: $100 - $300
Ben Zion, Ukranian (1897 - 1987) Oil on Canvas "Prayer" Signed Top Left Corner. Measures 16" x 12". Frame measures 21-1/4" x 16-3/4". Condition: Good condition. Estimate 100 - 300 Domestic shipping Third party
Orion Antiques
Jun. 26, 2025
BEN ZION, Ukrainian/American 1897-1987, "Prophet and Scroll", oil on canvas, 30 x 14 in. (76.2 x 35.6 cm.), Frame: 37 x 21 x 2 1/2 in. (94 x 53.3 x 6.4 cm.)
Est: $800 - $1,200
BEN ZION Ukrainian/American, 1897-1987 "Prophet and Scroll" oil on canvas signed lower right "Ben Zion", signed and titled on the stretcher
Shannon's
Jun. 26, 2025
BEN ZION, Ukrainian / American 1897-1987, Floral Still-Life, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm.), Frame: 43 x 31 x 3 in. (109.2 x 78.7 x 7.6 cm.)
Est: $800 - $1,200
BEN ZION Ukrainian / American, 1897-1987 Floral Still-Life oil on canvas signed lower right "Ben Zion"
Shannon's
Jun. 11, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Two (2) Piece Bronze Sculpture. Signed and dated "1983" numbered: "2/10." Measures: 59" High, 38-1/2" Wide, 11" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $1000.00 - $3000.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Jun. 11, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Gold Plated Bronze
Est: $200 - $600
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Gold Plated Bronze Sculpture. Signed and numbered "3/10". Measures: 27" High, base measures: 4-1/2" Square. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Top portion needs attaching screw removed and replaced, some wear to finish. As is condition. Estimate: $200.00 - $600.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Jun. 11, 2025
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Couple
Est: $100 - $300
Ben Avivi Zion Abstract Bronze and Brass Dancing Couple. Measures: 16" High, 11-1/2" Wide, 7" Deep. Kodner Galleries offers phone and absentee bidding at a low, flat 21% buyer’s premium without surcharge or hidden fees. For information, please contact the gallery at info@kodner.com or 954.925.2550 Condition: Normal age wear to finish., female has cracked leg. As is condition. Estimate: $100.00 - $300.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party.
Kodner Galleries
Jun. 07, 2025
Ben Zion Magal (Israeli - Russian, 1908-1999)
Est: $100 - $140
Fishing boats, Hand-painted print, 46 x 35 cm, Signed
Yair Art Gallery
May. 17, 2025
Ben Zion Sterling Silver Overlay Jerusalem Old City Landscape Sculpture Statue Israel Israeli Jewish Judaica
Est: $200 - $400
Ben Zion Sterling Silver Overlay Jerusalem Old City Landscape Sculpture Statue Israel Israeli Jewish Judaica, stamped 925 with artist plaque on marble base. See condition report for discussion of base texture and silver patina. Provenance: Vestal, New York estate of an Endicott, New York medical professional and their spouse by decent to Pinellas County, Florida heirs now downsizing at their waterfront residence, names withheld. CX ESS B Shipping: LiveAuctioneers offers shipping with algorithm estimates and locally sourced packers that they choose, however buyers may designate their own shippers by opting out of LiveShipping and visiting StedmanShipping Dot Com. Note large or heavy items may cost as much or more to ship than their selling price. There are courier alternatives, different levels of packing options such as cardboard, crate and pallet plus jewelry and watch flat rates. Pickup is by appointment only with varying day, evening and weekend times each week. Items must be prepaid as there are no payment facilities at the warehouse. Couriers must have advance appointments. All items at St Petersburg 33709 unless noted in an individual item listing.
Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC
Feb. 21, 2025
Ben-ZION (1897-1987) Ukrainian - American / JEWISH
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Ben-ZION (1897 Ukraine - 1987 US) ; Boy with a mechanical toy ; mid 20th century ; oil on wood panel / framed ; dimensions 56 x 33 cm (22 x 13 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Jan. 30, 2025
BEN ZION (1897 - 1987) Praying.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
BEN ZION (1897 - 1987) Praying. Oil on canvas. 1570x806 mm; 61¾x31¼ inches. Signed lower right. Provenance Private collection. One benefit of the New Deal's artist's work programs that is often not emphasized is the comradery created in such a setting. The group shows, print workshops, and large scale easel projects allowed artists to work together, socialize, and exchange ideas. The Ten was a group of progressive thinking artists that banded together to find strength in numbers so that they could express themselves freely through their art work and exhibit their works on their own terms. Ben-Zion, Ilya Bolotowsky, Adolph Gottlieb, Louis Harris, Yankel Kufeld, Mark Rothko, Louis Schanker, Joseph Solman, and Nahum Tschacbasov were the original members of this important American artist's collective. After Kufeld and Tschacbasov dropped out of the group Earl Kerkam and Ralph Rosenborg joined.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 30, 2025
BEN ZION (1897 - 1987) Orchard.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
BEN ZION (1897 - 1987) Orchard. Oil on canvas. 813x51060 mm; 32x41¾ inches. Signed lower right. Provenance Private collection
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 30, 2025
BEN ZION (1897 - 1987) Thistles.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
BEN ZION (1897 - 1987) Thistles. Oil on canvas. 1015x508 mm; 40x20 inches. Signed lower left. Provenance Private collection
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 07, 2024
Ben Zion, Russia/ Ukraine, New York (1897-1987), Jewish Head, Ink wash on paper
Est: $200 - $300
Ben Zion Russia/ Ukraine, New York, (1897-1987) Jewish Head Ink wash on paper signed lower right, framed.
Link Auction Galleries
Dec. 04, 2024
Ben Zion Judaica Sterling Musician Sculpture LOT
Est: $1 - $1,000
A set of two intricately detailed Judaica sterling silver sculptures by Israeli artist Ben Zion, each featuring a musician playing a traditional instrument. The duo consists of a trumpet player and a violinist, all dressed in traditional attire. Each figure is mounted on a natural stone base, marked with a Ben Zion Israel label. The sterling figures are beautifully cast, capturing the emotion and movement of the musicians. Measure from 6 1/4" - 6 1/2". Stamped 925 on the back of each. Plaques stamped front center as stated. KINDLY NOTE : Each musician is composed of a wax / resin body with a sterling silver overlay layer. Condition: Good to fair overall condition having normal surface wear. Losses to the stone base on one. Both retain their patina. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping: MiddleManBrokers Inc. offers in-house ground contiguous USA domestic shipping, for $45 plus insurance. We will refer third party shippers for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.
MiddleManBrokers
Dec. 04, 2024
BEN ZION STERLING DREIDEL SCULPTURE ON MARBLE BASE.
Est: $60 - $100
Ben Zion Sterling Dreidel Sculpture on Marble Base. Watch the video on our YouTube channel @uniquesitems, Copy and paste URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvuowanmK1E Dimensions: Height: 7.25 inches, Width: 3.75 inches, Depth: 3.75 inches. - Additional Dimensions: Dreidel only H: 6.5 inches, W: 2 inches, D: 2 inches --- US Packing and Shipping charge: In house shipping available. Will be calculated once destination known. Plus insurance at a rate of $1 per hundred. - We offer curbside delivery for most items to NYC, Manhattan, Close Brooklyn, Hoboken about a week after the auction at reasonable rates. Next Trip December 11. See details at our website. https://www.uniquesandantiques.com/nyc/
Uniques & Antiques
Dec. 02, 2024
Ben-Zion Weinman, Still Life with Pipe and Cigarette, Mixed Media, Ink, Colored Pencil on Board
Est: $1,300 - $1,500
Artist: Ben-Zion Weinman, Ukrainian/American (1897 - 1987), Title: Still Life with Pipe and Cigarette, Year: 1938, Medium: Mixed Media, Ink, Colored Pencil on Board, Signed l.r., Size: 7 x 9 in. (17.78 x 22.86 cm), Frame Size: 13.5 x 15.25 inches
RoGallery
Oct. 19, 2024
BEN-ZION: Abstract Nude - Drawing
Est: $150 - $250
Ben-Zion, aka Ben-Zion Weinman (Russian/American, 1897-1987) abstract nude drawing, signed lower left. [Art: 5" H x 8" W; Frame: 12 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W]. Creases; soiling. Condition reports and requests for additional photos cannot be accepted on this lot; please bid accordingly. This is not an indication of good or bad condition.
Roland Auctions NY
Oct. 06, 2024
BEN-ZION (RUSSIAN/AMERICAN, 1897-1987).
Est: $300 - $500
'Still Life Vase of Dandelions'. Signed lower right. Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Christie's, NY, September 1-2, 2009. Property from a Stamford, CT collection. Dimensions: 13" h x 7.50" w. Frame: 14.50" h x 8.75' w.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Sep. 19, 2024
Ben Zion Israel Sterling Fiddler Figurine
Est: $10 - $10,000
Ben - Zion. Israel. 3.25" Tall.
Berner's Auction Gallery
Aug. 20, 2024
Ben Zion Silver Overlaid Lion Sculpture
Est: $25 - $250
DESCRIPTION: Ben-Zion silver overlaid sculpture depicting a lion, the lion mounted atop a stone or composite base, itself mounted atop another base. CIRCA: Late 20th - early 21st century ORIGIN: Israeli DIMENSIONS: H: 8.5" W: 6" L: 10.75" CONDITION: Some scratching to bases. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Jun. 28, 2024
Ben-ZION (1897-1987) Ukrainian - American / JEWISH
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Ben-ZION (1897 Ukraine - 1987 US) ; Boy with a mechanical toy ; mid 20th century ; oil on wood panel / framed ; dimensions 56 x 33 cm (22 x 13 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Jun. 01, 2024
Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) (Polish - French, 1905-1989)
Est: -
Portrait of a girl, Oil on canvas (mounted on wood), 26 x 21 cm, Signed
Yair Art Gallery
May. 09, 2024
Ben Zion Israel Sterling Jerusalem Sculpture
Est: $10 - $10,000
Marked: 925. Jerusalem. Ben Zion. Israel. 5.5" Long.
Berner's Auction Gallery
Mar. 30, 2024
Ben Zion, New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation (1897 - 1987), Night Orchard, oil on canvas, 30"H x 43"W
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ben Zion New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation, (1897 - 1987) Night Orchard oil on canvas Signed lower right. New York Gallery label verso. Biography from the Archives of askART: Biography from Mercury Gallery Ben-Zion Weinman was the son of a Polish cantor and composer who raised him for the rabbinate. He became "Ben-Zion" in America after World War I because "to drag around two names is rather too difficult." His beginnings in America are sketched elsewhere in this catalogue by his wife, Lillian Ben-Zion, but in 1983 he told an interviewer from the Archives of American Art about his discovery by the historic dealer J.B. Neumann. "I see you coming here from time to time," said Neumann one Saturday afternoon. "Are you an artist, or are you buying art?" Ben-Zion said he was neither. But Neumann repeated the question several weeks later. "So I said, 'I don't know if you can call that art work,' " Ben-Zion recalled, but "I make those small, little drawings [on a writing pad]. And that's all what I have." Neumann asked how much he wanted for three of them. "I don't know," Ben-Zion replied. Neumann offered $15. "Not too much?" the artist asked. "No," said Neumann, "and you'll find out that I'm probably cheating you." Instead, the purchase launched Ben-Zion's career. In 1935, he became a founding member, with Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, of the group of American moderns, The Ten (see "The Ten: Birth of the American Avant-garde," Mercury Gallery, December 1998). Critics took note at once. A skeptical New York Sun critic said Ben-Zion painted "furiously" and called him "the farthest along" of The Ten. His The Glory of War was featured in The Ten's 1938 show, "Whitney Dissenters," staged to protest the emphasis on regionalism and social realism in the Whitney's annual exhibits. The Glory of War was "resounding" and "forceful," an Art News reviewer wrote. "Ben-Zion selects philosophical, poetic, psychological or tragic passages from the Bible," wrote New York Times art critic and Rothko biographer Dore Ashton in 1952, "and endows them with an added spiritual dimension by means of oppressive distortions and imaginative color. In [his] canvases there is an intense and very personal interpretive bias which captures the visual and emotional values of themes without literary overtones." His "Biblical pieces," Joseph Solman wrote in 1997, "are the only profound works in that genre in modern art besides. . . Chagall and the dramatic scenes of Rouault." When New York's Jewish Museum opened in 1948, it was with a Ben-Zion show. Twice more he was exhibited there, including a large 1959 retrospective. The Phillips Collection and The Museum of Modern Art acquired Ben-Zions. The prominent dealer Curt Valentin exhibited Ben-Zion and published his remarkable Biblical etchings. But when Abstract Expressionism became ascendant Ben-Zion, who viewed all art as abstract expressionism, stopped showing at galleries. He died in 1987, fed up with the art market, inspired as ever by art itself.
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 30, 2024
Ben Zion, New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation (1897 - 1987), Prophet II, oil on canvas, 29 1/2"H x 13 1/2"W (sight), 37 1/2"H x 21 1/2"W (frame)
Est: $500 - $700
Ben Zion New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation, (1897 - 1987) Prophet II oil on canvas Signed lower left. Exhibited: Korvette Art Gallery, NY Biography from the Archives of askART: Biography from Mercury Gallery Ben-Zion Weinman was the son of a Polish cantor and composer who raised him for the rabbinate. He became "Ben-Zion" in America after World War I because "to drag around two names is rather too difficult." His beginnings in America are sketched elsewhere in this catalogue by his wife, Lillian Ben-Zion, but in 1983 he told an interviewer from the Archives of American Art about his discovery by the historic dealer J.B. Neumann. "I see you coming here from time to time," said Neumann one Saturday afternoon. "Are you an artist, or are you buying art?" Ben-Zion said he was neither. But Neumann repeated the question several weeks later. "So I said, 'I don't know if you can call that art work,' " Ben-Zion recalled, but "I make those small, little drawings [on a writing pad]. And that's all what I have." Neumann asked how much he wanted for three of them. "I don't know," Ben-Zion replied. Neumann offered $15. "Not too much?" the artist asked. "No," said Neumann, "and you'll find out that I'm probably cheating you." Instead, the purchase launched Ben-Zion's career. In 1935, he became a founding member, with Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, of the group of American moderns, The Ten (see "The Ten: Birth of the American Avant-garde," Mercury Gallery, December 1998). Critics took note at once. A skeptical New York Sun critic said Ben-Zion painted "furiously" and called him "the farthest along" of The Ten. His The Glory of War was featured in The Ten's 1938 show, "Whitney Dissenters," staged to protest the emphasis on regionalism and social realism in the Whitney's annual exhibits. The Glory of War was "resounding" and "forceful," an Art News reviewer wrote. "Ben-Zion selects philosophical, poetic, psychological or tragic passages from the Bible," wrote New York Times art critic and Rothko biographer Dore Ashton in 1952, "and endows them with an added spiritual dimension by means of oppressive distortions and imaginative color. In [his] canvases there is an intense and very personal interpretive bias which captures the visual and emotional values of themes without literary overtones." His "Biblical pieces," Joseph Solman wrote in 1997, "are the only profound works in that genre in modern art besides. . . Chagall and the dramatic scenes of Rouault." When New York's Jewish Museum opened in 1948, it was with a Ben-Zion show. Twice more he was exhibited there, including a large 1959 retrospective. The Phillips Collection and The Museum of Modern Art acquired Ben-Zions. The prominent dealer Curt Valentin exhibited Ben-Zion and published his remarkable Biblical etchings. But when Abstract Expressionism became ascendant Ben-Zion, who viewed all art as abstract expressionism, stopped showing at galleries. He died in 1987, fed up with the art market, inspired as ever by art itself.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 10, 2024
Ben Zion, New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation (1897 - 1987), Night Orchard, oil on canvas, 30"H x 43"W
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Ben Zion New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation, (1897 - 1987) Night Orchard oil on canvas Signed lower right. New York Gallery label verso. Biography from the Archives of askART: Biography from Mercury Gallery Ben-Zion Weinman was the son of a Polish cantor and composer who raised him for the rabbinate. He became "Ben-Zion" in America after World War I because "to drag around two names is rather too difficult." His beginnings in America are sketched elsewhere in this catalogue by his wife, Lillian Ben-Zion, but in 1983 he told an interviewer from the Archives of American Art about his discovery by the historic dealer J.B. Neumann. "I see you coming here from time to time," said Neumann one Saturday afternoon. "Are you an artist, or are you buying art?" Ben-Zion said he was neither. But Neumann repeated the question several weeks later. "So I said, 'I don't know if you can call that art work,' " Ben-Zion recalled, but "I make those small, little drawings [on a writing pad]. And that's all what I have." Neumann asked how much he wanted for three of them. "I don't know," Ben-Zion replied. Neumann offered $15. "Not too much?" the artist asked. "No," said Neumann, "and you'll find out that I'm probably cheating you." Instead, the purchase launched Ben-Zion's career. In 1935, he became a founding member, with Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, of the group of American moderns, The Ten (see "The Ten: Birth of the American Avant-garde," Mercury Gallery, December 1998). Critics took note at once. A skeptical New York Sun critic said Ben-Zion painted "furiously" and called him "the farthest along" of The Ten. His The Glory of War was featured in The Ten's 1938 show, "Whitney Dissenters," staged to protest the emphasis on regionalism and social realism in the Whitney's annual exhibits. The Glory of War was "resounding" and "forceful," an Art News reviewer wrote. "Ben-Zion selects philosophical, poetic, psychological or tragic passages from the Bible," wrote New York Times art critic and Rothko biographer Dore Ashton in 1952, "and endows them with an added spiritual dimension by means of oppressive distortions and imaginative color. In [his] canvases there is an intense and very personal interpretive bias which captures the visual and emotional values of themes without literary overtones." His "Biblical pieces," Joseph Solman wrote in 1997, "are the only profound works in that genre in modern art besides. . . Chagall and the dramatic scenes of Rouault." When New York's Jewish Museum opened in 1948, it was with a Ben-Zion show. Twice more he was exhibited there, including a large 1959 retrospective. The Phillips Collection and The Museum of Modern Art acquired Ben-Zions. The prominent dealer Curt Valentin exhibited Ben-Zion and published his remarkable Biblical etchings. But when Abstract Expressionism became ascendant Ben-Zion, who viewed all art as abstract expressionism, stopped showing at galleries. He died in 1987, fed up with the art market, inspired as ever by art itself.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 09, 2024
BEN ZION PRINT
Est: $75 - $150
BEN SION FRAMED PRINT, APPROXIMATELY 18 IN X 25 IN OVERALL
Dennis Auction Service