Paul F. Keene Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paul F. Keene Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 21, 2024
Paul Keene (American 1920-2009)
Est: $300 - $500
Paul Keene (American 1920-2009) "Skyscape" Watercolor on metallic paper Signed upper right P Keene 19" x 27"
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Oct. 03, 2024
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Three nude studies.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Three nude studies. Each brush and ink on thin buff wove paper, 1958. Each approximately 21x15½ inches. One signed and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: the estate of Constance E. Clayton, Philadelphia.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 03, 2024
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Untitled (Portrait Study).
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Untitled (Portrait Study). Pencil on cream wove paper, 1969. 292x241 mm; 11½x9½ inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: the estate of Constance E. Clayton, Philadelphia.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 15, 2024
Paul F. Keene Jr. (1920 - 2009) Oil on Canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Late Spring # 3, signed at the lower right. Langman Gallery tag affixed verso. Dimensions: 12" x 10", the frame 13" x 11". Provenance: From a New Jersey collection.
Locati LLC
May. 18, 2024
Paul Keene, 1920-2009, Paris Scene
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Paul Keene 1920-2009 Paris Scene 11-1/2 x 18-1/2 oil on canvas signed and titled in pencil on stretcher verso, Paris
Black Art Auction
May. 18, 2024
Paul Keene, Jr., 1920-2009, untitled, Three Musicians
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Paul Keene, Jr. 1920-2009 untitled, Three Musicians 1951-1955 oil on canvas 42 x 23 inches signed Provenance: The collection of Jonathan Clark and Lane Igoudin, PhD., Los Angeles, CA From Swann Galleries: Paul Keene was enrolled at the AcadÃ©mie Julian in Paris from 1949 to 1951. Keene absorbed the lessons of European modernism and enrolled at the AcadÃ©mie Julian. While in Paris, he founded the cooperative Galerie Huit with Raymond Hendler, shared an apartment with Sanford Greenberg, and studied with French modernist painter Fernand LÃ©ger. Keene exhibited with Picasso and LÃ©ger at the Salon de Mai. After return from Paris, in August of 1952, Keene received an Opportunity Fellowship from the John Hay Whitney Foundation to travel to Haiti. Keene had proposed a study of Haitian art and culture through his painting, with a particular interest in Voodoo and its African roots. With his fellowship, Keene had a studio and taught art courses at the Centre D'Art in Port-au-Prince, Haiti between 1952 and 1954. His time in Haiti had a tremendous impact on his painting - visually and spiritually. There Keene developed close ties to the Haitian artist community, including the artist Antonio Joseph, with whom he exhibited with twice in 1953. This tumultous, densely painted scene rhythmically alternates between figure and abstraction, pattern and form, ground and space. It reflects not only Keene's modernist approach to painting, but his visual expression of the real and the supernatural in Haitian culture. In his 1954 essay, Haitian Painters, Keene wrote that the "Haitian is able to identify and align himself intimately with either the unseen world or the one in which he actively lives." Here, Keene paints with a kinetic energy that beautifully fills the space between what is seen and unseen. Keene's Haitian art was collected at the time by Joseph H. Hirshorn and is found today in many institutional collections including those of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the La Salle University Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum and Villanova University.
Black Art Auction
Apr. 04, 2024
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Untitled (Carousel).
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Untitled (Carousel). Oil on linen canvas mounted on masonite board, 1953. 794x1156 mm; 31¼x45½ inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right. Provenance: private collection, Philadelphia, PA. This extraordinary painting is an important artwork by Paul Keene. It is one of his finest 1950s paintings we have seen - a wonderfully vibrant synthesis of modernism and the Afro-Caribbean imagery Keene encountered in Haiti. After his studies at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now University of the Arts) from 1939 to 1941, Paul Keene was enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1949 to 1951. Keene absorbed the lessons of European modernism and enrolled at the Académie Julian. While in Paris, he founded the cooperative Galerie Huit with Raymond Hendler, shared an apartment with Sanford Greenberg, and studied with French modernist painter Fernand Léger. Keene exhibited with Picasso and Léger at the Salon de Mai. After return from Paris, in August of 1952, Keene received an Opportunity Fellowship from the John Hay Whitney Foundation to travel to Haiti. Keene had proposed a study of Haitian art and culture through his painting, with a particular interest in Voodoo and its African roots. With his fellowship, Keene had a studio and taught art courses at the Centre D'Art in Port-au-Prince, Haiti between 1952 and 1954. His time in Haiti had a tremendous impact on his painting - visually and spiritually. There Keene developed close ties to the Haitian artist community, including the artist Antonio Joseph, with whom he exhibited with twice in 1953. This tumultous, densely painted scene rhythmically alternates between figure and abstraction, pattern and form, ground and space. It reflects not only Keene's modernist approach to painting, but his visual expression of the real and the supernatural in Haitian culture. In his 1954 essay, Haitian Painters, Keene wrote that the "Haitian is able to identify and align himself intimately with either the unseen world or the one in which he actively lives." Here, Keene paints with a kinetic energy that beautifully fills the space between what is seen and unseen. Keene's Haitian art was collected at the time by Joseph H. Hirshorn and is found today in many institutional collections including those of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the La Salle University Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum and Villanova University.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 31, 2022
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Untitled.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Untitled. Oil on linen canvas, 1949. 609x508 mm; 24x20 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower left. Provenance: private collection, Delaware; private collection, PA. This early oil on canvas by Paul Keene was executed during a formative period of his career spent in Paris between 1949 and 1951. Keene absorbed the lessons of European modernism and enrolled at the Académie Julian. While in Paris, he founded the cooperative Galerie Huit with Raymond Hendler, shared an apartment with Sanford Greenberg, and studied with French modernist painter Fernand Léger. Keene exhibited with Picasso and Léger at the Salon de Mai and through Whitney Fellowships directed courses at the Centre D'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti between 1952 and 1954. Keene went on to teach painting and drawing at Bucks County Community College from 1968 to 1985, serving as the art department chairperson for three years. He has exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the James A. Michener Art Museum, the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, all in PA.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 17, 2021
Paul Keene (American, 1920-2009) Ghettoscape-Summer
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Signed bottom right, signed again twice and titled verso, oil on canvas. Executed in the 1970s. (59 3/4 x 72 in. (151.8 x 182.9cm)) Provenance Private Collection, Washington.
Freeman's | Hindman
Oct. 07, 2021
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Late Summer Studio Window.
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) Late Summer Studio Window. Oil on linen canvas, 1968. 1828x1333 mm; 72x52 1/2 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Signed and titled in oil, right stretcher bar, verso. From the artist's Window Series. Provenance: the estate of the artist. Exhibited: Dolan Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, at the National Black Fine Art Show, New York, 2009. This large oil is an excellent example of Paul Keene's 1968 series of paintings of images seen through his studio window. Windows appear again in his later 1980s surreal Sky Window series of paintings, examples of which are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Born in Philadelphia, Paul Keene studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (Philadelphia College of Art and now University of the Arts), Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and the Académie Julian in Paris. He studied art abroad in both Paris (1949–51) and Haiti (1952–54) synthesizing both modernism and art of the diaspora. Keene founded the artist cooperative Galerie Huit in Paris with Raymond Hendler, working alongside Al Held, Jules Olitski and Haywood "Bill" Rivers and other artist who came over on the G.I. Bill. He also studied in the studio of Fernand Léger with whom he exhibited at the Salon de Mai. He returned to Philadelphia here he taught at the Philadelphia College of Art and the Tyler School of Art. His work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the James A. Michener Museum. Keene returned to Philadelphia where he taught at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1954 to 1968, and then established the art department at Bucks County Community College. His work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Woodmere Museum of Art and the James A. Michener Museum. Consigned to support the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia and its legacy endowment campaign.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 07, 2021
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) The Guitarist (Jazz Icon Series).
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (1920 - 2009) The Guitarist (Jazz Icon Series). Acrylic on paper, 1985. 1054x749 mm; 41 1/4x29 1/2 inches. Signed and dated in acrylic, lower left. Provenance: the estate of the artist. Music and color serve as the compositional key in Paul Keene's Jazz Icon Series. A master of the manipulation of scale, color, light, and a lifelong jazz music enthusiast brings Keene's anonymous portraits of jazz musicians to life. His use of a vibrant color palette to express his passion for jazz, characterized by improvisation and an energetic rhythm, reflects his passion for the medium. Music was a large part of Paul Keene's life, and his strong interest in blues and jazz began as a young boy. As a child, he was inspired by gospel music. As a teenager, he waited with his friends to see jazz musicians playing in the clubs in Philadelphia. Keene felt jazz was a rhythmic and unique language. He believed that to succeed as a fine artist, "…the work must sing out, and the viewer must hear it." He admired the musician Miles Davis and said he could "create a picture in your mind with his music." Biography courtesy of the Michener Art Museum. Consigned to support the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia and its legacy endowment campaign.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 11, 2021
Paul Keene (American, 1920-2009) Untitled
Est: $6,000 - $10,000
Paul Keene (American, 1920-2009) Untitled Signed top right, acrylic on panel. Executed in the 1950s. (69 1/2 x 23 in. (176.5 x 58.4cm)) Provenance The Artist. Collection of Ben D. Bernstein (acquired directly from the above). Private Collection, Philadelphia (acquired directly from the above in the 1990s). Footnote: Note Paul F. Keene, Jr. grew up in North Philadelphia, certain from a young age that he wanted to pursue a career as an artist. He attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now University of the Arts) before enlisting in the Army Air Force during World War II, serving with the Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group. Like many artists of his generation, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill to travel abroad, studying at the Académie Julian in Paris for four years, where he was greatly influenced by Picasso, Léger and Matisse. While there, he also helped found Gallerie 8, a collective gallery for American artists working in Paris. Keene later received a John Jay Whitney Fellowship and spent two years teaching in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. These early experiences exposed Keene to mainstream European Modernism, as well as a variety of practices in Caribbean artistic production, which led to his self-described abstract realist style. Returning home to Philadelphia in the 1950s, Keene centered his focus on African-American life, in terms of cultural traditions, as well as his personal narrative and lived experience. As a teacher at Philadelphia College of Art, Temple Universitys Tyler School, and a founding professor in the art department at Bucks County Community College, Keene greatly influenced the next generation of Philadelphia artists during his career, while maintaining his own prolific production. Keene once said I simply need to find the means by which I can render visible my vision of my inner world, as well as my visual interaction with urban anxieties. [1] Often using the theme of windows in his work, Keene painted landscapes and sky scenes to express this notion of inner and outer vision, and he also used window frames as painting frames to literally provide a window to the viewer. Untitled is presented this way, within a window frame, but gives less a passing moment in time, than evoking the daydream quality of gazing out the window, lost in ones own thoughts. The figure here is splayed out over a field of vibrant color, juxtaposed over a cross and Keenes familiar grid pattern, and framed on the right by three abstracted figures with bright halos encircling their heads. The human scale of the work also invites the comparison to a full-length mirror, looking inward to the artists inner thoughts and feelings, while bound within the frame. Whether window or mirror, the painting challenges the viewer face to face to envision the world from a new perspective. [1] Paul Keene: His Art and Legacy, https://www.michenerartmuseum.org/mam_exhibitions/paul-keene-his-art-and-legacy/
Freeman's | Hindman
Jan. 14, 2021
Paul Keene Jr. (American, 1920-2009) The song of my Heirs, from the Orpheus and
Est: $800 - $1,200
Paul Keene Jr. (American, 1920-2009) The song of my Heirs, from the Orpheus and Eurydice Series, 1997 Mixed Media on board 9 x 10 inches (22.9 x 25.4 cm) Signed lower right: Keene 97 Dated, titled and inscribed on the reverse: Mixed media / offset / [...] / crayon / Orpheus and Eurydice Series / Title: The song of my Heirs / 1997 HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Apr. 04, 2019
PAUL KEENE (1920 - 2009) Three Saints on Easter Morning.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
PAUL KEENE (1920 - 2009) Three Saints on Easter Morning. Oil on burlap, 1951. 1003x502 mm; 39 1/2x19 3/4 inches. Signed and dated in oil, upper right, recto. Signed in oil, verso, and signed and dated in oil on the stretchers bars, verso. Provenance: The Little Gallery, Philadelphia, with the gallery label on verso; private collection, New York. This large, modern canvas by Paul Keene is a scarce example of his early 1950s painting. After his studies at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now University of the Arts) from 1939 to 1941, Paul Keene was enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1949 to 1951.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 08, 2018
Paul Keene oil
Est: $300 - $500
Paul Keene (American 1920-2009)- Musicians II- oil on paper, 1981, signed Keene 81 lower left. 9 x 10''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 11, 2018
Paul Farwell Keene Jr. (American, 1920-2009)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Paul Farwell Keene Jr. (African American, 1920-2009) "Three Saints on Easter Morning", 1951, oil painting on canvas, signed and dated. Framed. Size: 39'' x 19.5'', 99 x 50 cm (stretcher); 40'' x 20'', 102 x 51 cm (frame). Provenance: The Little Gallery, Philadelphia (label on verso); The Estate of Mary Bert Gutman, Pennsylvania.
Material Culture
Sep. 30, 2016
Paul Keene (1920-2009) Abstract Charcoal Drawing
Est: $500 - $700
Paul Keene (American, 1920-2009) Abstract Charcoal Drawing, signed lower right. Sight Size: 23.5'' x 18.5'' (60 x 47 cm), Frame Size: 31'' x 25.5'' (79 x 65 cm).
Material Culture
Jul. 10, 2016
Paul Keene (1920-2009) 3 Works
Est: $300 - $500
Paul Keene (American, 1920-2009) 3 Works: 1) View of Patio from Studio Window, 1956, ink drawing. Size: 8.5" x 11", 22 x 28 cm (sheet); 11" x 12.5", 28 x 32 cm (mat); 2) "Generations", 1996, color lithograph, from an edition of 100. Size: 43" x 30", 109 x 76 cm (sheet); 47" x 33.5", 119 x 85 cm (frame); 3) Blues Band, 1990, offset lithograph, from an edition of 80. Size: 21.5" x 30", 55 x 76 cm (sheet). Provenance: Bob Brand and Liz Werthan, Philadelphia.
Material Culture
Jun. 05, 2016
PAUL KEENE, (AMERICAN 1920-2009), SEATED WOMAN
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PAUL KEENE (american 1920-2009) SEATED WOMAN Signed 'Keene' bottom right, oil on board 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5cm) provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 05, 2015
PAUL FARELL KEENE (1920-2009): CANIO HONDO #2
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PAUL FARELL KEENE (1920-2009): CANIO HONDO #2 Oil on canvas, unsigned. 16 x 18 in., 19 x 21 in. (frame).
STAIR
Jun. 24, 2015
Paul F. Keene, (American, 1920-2009), Blues Band
Est: $100 - $200
Paul F. Keene (American, 1920-2009) Blues Band lithograph edition 46/80, signed Keene 20 7/8 x 29 1/2 inches.
Hindman
May. 04, 2014
SIX PAINTINGS PAUL KEENE, (AMERICAN, 1920-2009), UNTITLED FROM "SKY WINDOWS SERIES"
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
six paintings /spanPAUL KEENE (american, 1920-2009)/span UNTITLED from "sky windows series"/span All signed bottom right and one dated 87, all variously signed, dated and titled on stretchers verso, oil on canvas. various sizes, largest: 11 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (29.8 x 36.2cm) [6] provenance: /spanThe artist. Private Collection.
Freeman's | Hindman
Apr. 17, 2014
Paul F. Keene Jr. (1920 - 2009) Clown Painting
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
A vintage oil on canvas by a listed artist, depicting a seated clown just outside of a crowded circus tent. Signed lower right. Some typical craquelure present throughout piece. Unframed. No signs of repair. Canvas measures approximately 40.5" x 18" x 0.50". Total weight is about 2.5 lbs.
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
Mar. 21, 2014
Paul Keene
Est: $500 - $1,000
Paul Keene (Pennsylvania, 1920-2009) QUARRY WALL #2, 1957 oil on canvas, framed, signed lower right H16" W20" Provenance: Dublin Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who represented Keene in the 1950s, label verso.
Charlton Hall
Sep. 29, 2012
PAUL F. KEENE JR (AMERICAN, 1920-2009) LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE WINDOW II Oil on canvas: 12 x 10 in.
Est: $400 - $600
PAUL F. KEENE JR (AMERICAN, 1920-2009) LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE WINDOW II Oil on canvas: 12 x 10 in. Framed; verso labels; Langman Gallery; Paul Keene/ landscape thru window II
Potomack Company
Dec. 03, 2011
PAUL F. KEENE (American, b. 1920); Abstract
Est: $700 - $900
PAUL F. KEENE (American, b. 1920); Abstract acrylic on paper, 1959 (framed); Signed and dated; 9'' x 6''
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 24, 2011
PAUL F. KEENE JR (AMERICAN, 1920-2009) LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE WINDOW II Oil on canvas: 12 x 10 in.
Est: $600 - $900
PAUL F. KEENE JR (AMERICAN, 1920-2009) LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE WINDOW II Oil on canvas: 12 x 10 in. Framed; verso labels; Langman Gallery; Paul Keene/ landscape thru window II
Potomack Company
May. 15, 2010
Paul F. Keene Jr. (American, 1920-2009) The Dark
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Paul F. Keene Jr. (American, 1920-2009) The Dark Death, 1966; Mixed media on paper (framed); Signed; 39 3/4'' x 25 1/2'' (sight); Provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 17, 2010
Paul F. Keene Jr. American-Pennsylvania (born1920- ) Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper "Red Nude" Circa 1959. Pencil Signed Lower Right and Dated 1959. Good to Very Good Condition. Measures 9 Inches by 6 Inches, Frame Measures 15-3/4 Inches by 12-7/8
Est: $800 - $1,200
Paul F. Keene Jr. American-Pennsylvania (born1920- ) Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper "Red Nude" Circa 1959. Pencil Signed Lower Right and Dated 1959. Good to Very Good Condition. Measures 9 Inches by 6 Inches, Frame Measures 15-3/4 Inches by 12-7/8 Inches. Shipping $40.00
Kodner Galleries
May. 15, 2009
Paul F. Keene, Jr. (American, b. 1920) Untitled,
Est: $700 - $900
Paul F. Keene, Jr. (American, b. 1920) Untitled, 1959; Acrylic and ink on paper (framed); Signed and dated; 9'' x 6''; Provenance: The artist; Private Collection, Philadelphia; Private Collection, Pennsylvania
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 10, 2007
Paul Keene (American, b. 1920) Sketchbook of 57 drawings; Various media on paper; 11'' x 8 1/2'' (each); Provenance: Private Collection
Est: $800 - $1,200
Paul Keene (American, b. 1920) Sketchbook of 57 drawings; Various media on paper; 11'' x 8 1/2'' (each); Provenance: Private Collection
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 02, 2007
PAUL F. KEENE, JR., (AMERICAN B. 1920), UNTITLED, #1171
Est: $200 - $300
PAUL F. KEENE, JR. (american b. 1920) UNTITLED, #1171 Signed and dated under wooden base. Bronze. 5 1/2 in. (height) 10 in. (overall)
Freeman's