Paul Stopforth Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paul Stopforth Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 07, 2026
Paul Stopforth, South Africa, United States of America (b.1945), Robben Island I, 2004, mixed media on paper
Est: $300 - $400
Paul Stopforth South Africa, United States of America (b.1945) Robben Island I, 2004 mixed media on paper ed. 19 of 25, signed & dated lower right
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 07, 2026
Paul Stopforth, South Africa, United States of America (b.1945), Robben Island III, 2004, mixed media on paper
Est: $300 - $400
Paul Stopforth South Africa, United States of America (b.1945) Robben Island III, 2004 mixed media on paper ed. 19 of 25, signed & dated lower right
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 07, 2026
Paul Stopforth, South Africa, United States of America (b.1945), Robben Island II, 2004, mixed media on paper
Est: $300 - $400
Paul Stopforth South Africa, United States of America (b.1945) Robben Island II, 2004 mixed media on paper ed. 19 of 25, signed & dated lower right
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 07, 2026
Paul Stopforth, South Africa, United States of America (b.1945), Robben Island IV, 2004, mixed media on paper
Est: $300 - $400
Paul Stopforth South Africa, United States of America (b.1945) Robben Island IV, 2004 mixed media on paper ed. 19 of 25, signed & dated lower right
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Feb. 21, 2026
Paul Stopforth; South African 1945-; The Ageing Gunslinger
Est: R25,000 - R35,000
Paul Stopforth South African 1945- The Ageing Gunslinger 1987 signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on canvas 160,5 by 112cm excluding frame; 165 by 116,5 by 6cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Jul. 12, 2025
Paul Stopforth Painting
Est: $200 - $300
Painting: Paul Stopforth (b. 1945), "Buddhist Monk 1990". Oil on canvas. Signed and titled verso. 46 1/2" x 60".
Copake Auction Inc.
May. 31, 2025
Paul Stopforth Painting
Est: $200 - $300
Painting: Paul Stopforth (b. 1945), "Buddhist Monk 1990". Oil on canvas. Signed and titled verso. 46 1/2" x 60".
Copake Auction Inc.
Jan. 01, 2024
Paul Stopforth (b. 1945)
Est: $300 - $500
Painting: Paul Stopforth (b. 1945), "Buddhist Monk 1990". Oil on canvas. Signed and titled verso. 46 1/2" x 60".
Copake Auction Inc.
Mar. 15, 2023
Paul Stopforth South African/American, b. 1945 Casting the Red Net, 1991
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Paul Stopforth South African/American, b. 1945 Casting the Red Net, 1991 Signed and dated Paul Stopforth April 1991 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 x 46 inches (81.3 x 116.8 cm) Unframed Provenance: Sale, ARTcetera Auction to Benefit the AIDS Action Committee, 1992, Boston, lot 277 C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 08, 2022
Paul Stopforth South African/American, b. 1945 Casting the Red Net, 1991
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Paul Stopforth South African/American, b. 1945 Casting the Red Net, 1991 Signed and dated Paul Stopforth April 1991 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 x 46 inches (81.3 x 116.8 cm) Unframed Provenance: Sale, ARTcetera Auction to Benefit the AIDS Action Committee, 1992, Boston, lot 277 C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 09, 2022
Paul Stopforth South African/American, b. 1945 Casting the Red Net, 1991
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Paul Stopforth South African/American, b. 1945 Casting the Red Net, 1991 Signed and dated Paul Stopforth April 1991 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 x 46 inches (81.3 x 116.8 cm) Unframed Provenance: Sale, ARTcetera Auction to Benefit the AIDS Action Committee, 1992, Boston, lot 277 C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 19, 2019
Paul Stopforth - A Collection of Prints, portfolio
Est: R10,000 - R15,000
Paul Stopforth A Collection of Prints, portfolio each signed, dated 87, numbered 19/25 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin one-colour lithograph each sheet size: 45,5 by 32cm
Strauss & Co
Apr. 28, 2019
Paul Stopforth (b. 1945)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Loves Body: Inland, 1996, Oil/Sculptmold on Wood, 47"H x 24"W x 4"D, Signed On Verso
James Cox Gallery
Apr. 08, 2019
Paul Stopforth - Bewildered Boere
Est: R12,000 - R18,000
Paul Stopforth Bewildered Boere signed, dated 1985, numbered 'Artist's proof' 4/6 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin colour lithograph sheet size: 51 by 71cm; 65,5 by 49cm excluding frame; 67 by 84 by 2,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Nov. 12, 2018
Paul Stopforth SOUTH AFRICAN 1945- - Godhead, diptych
Est: R30,000 - R50,000
Paul Stopforth SOUTH AFRICAN 1945- Godhead, diptych each signed, dated 2008 and inscribed with the artist's name, the title, the medium and a dedication 'For J. M.' in the artist's hand on a label adhered to the reverse gouache and acrylic on panel each 25,5 by 20,5cm LITERATURE: Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (ed.) (2010). Paul Stopforth, Taxi Art Books Series, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing, illustrated on pages 26 and 27. Paul Stopforth is one of the guardians of the memory of an era in which people were callously stripped of their basic human rights, where the death of a political prisoner could be demeaned, diminished and ascribed to a slapstick-like slipping on a bar of soap. His series of artworks portraying the body, bones and injuries of the late Steve Biko based on autopsy reports bears witness to Stopforth being one of the most uncompromising interpreters of South Africa’s moral quagmire during the apartheid years. In 1988 he emigrated to the United States and taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, and in 1996 was appointed to the faculty of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard University. Around the time of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, Stopforth’s work became even more reflective and more complex. Apartheid was collapsing and Stopforth watched with interest as events unfolded. In 2004, he was invited to spend some weeks on Robben Island as artist-in-residence. The work he produced during and after this visit, makes sophisticated demands on the viewer as the artist unearths implacable truths and the inhumanity endured by those isolated on what was once a leper colony, then a notorious political prison. In Godhead, as in other works of the time, Stopforth makes use of a mirroring device that creates an almost intolerable tension between images. Stopforth’s commitment to bearing witness has never changed. He looks at objects, people, incidents and facts in a clear-eyed and compassionate way, and has deduced that a kind of truth resides in an agglomeration of all these things. Adapted from: Judith Mason, ‘Introduction’, in Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (ed.) (2010). Paul Stopforth, Taxi Art Book Series, Johannesburg, David Krut Publishing.
Strauss & Co
Jun. 17, 2018
Paul Stopforth, Steve Biko's Right Hand
Est: R40,000 - R60,000
Paul Stopforth, Steve Biko's Right Hand
Aspire Art
Nov. 27, 2017
Paul Stopforth Opening Night
Est: R3,000 - R5,000
Paul Stopforth Opening Night signed, dated 87, numbered 72/100 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin colour lithograph image size: 41 by 61cm, unframed
Strauss & Co
Sep. 04, 2017
Paul Stopforth, Opening Night
Est: R4,000 - R6,000
Paul Stopforth, Opening Night
Aspire Art
Sep. 04, 2017
Paul Stopforth, The Interrogator
Est: R12,000 - R18,000
Paul Stopforth, The Interrogator
Aspire Art
Nov. 17, 2015
Paul Stopforth (South African 1945 -) ROBBEN ISLAND IV lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated '04, numbered P.P and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin sheet size: 36 by37,5cm, unframed
Est: R1,500 - R2,500
Paul Stopforth (South African 1945 -) ROBBEN ISLAND IV lithograph printed in colours, signed, dated '04, numbered P.P and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin sheet size: 36 by37,5cm, unframed
Stephan Welz & Co
Oct. 20, 2015
Paul Stopforth (South African 1945 --) OPENING NIG
Est: R2,000 - R4,000
Paul Stopforth (South African 1945 --) OPENING NIGHT screenprint in colours, signed, dated 87, numbered 20/100 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin sheet size: 48,5 by 68,5cm
Stephan Welz & Co
Jul. 30, 2014
Paul Stopforth Hand, from the Steve Biko series
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
Paul Stopforth Hand, from the Steve Biko series mixed media on paper 54,5 by 45cm excluding frame; 79 by 59 by 2cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Jul. 30, 2014
Paul Stopforth The Famous Writer signed, dated 87,
Est: R8,000 - R12,000
Paul Stopforth The Famous Writer signed, dated 87, numbered 22/25, inscribed with the title and 'for Ampie and Karin' in pencil in the margin lithograph 45,5 by 32cm excluding frame; 62,5 by 49,5 by 3cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Apr. 23, 2014
Paul Stopforth
Est: R18,000 - R24,000
Paul Stopforth, Hand, from the Steve Biko series, , mixed media on paper, 54,5 by 45cm excluding frame; 79 by 59 by 2cm including frame,
Strauss & Co
Apr. 23, 2014
Paul Stopforth
Est: R10,000 - R15,000
Paul Stopforth, The Famous Writer, signed, dated 87, numbered 22/25, inscribed with the title and 'for Ampie and Karin' in pencil in the margin, lithograph, 45,5 by 32cm excluding frame; 62,5 by 49,5 by 3cm including frame,
Strauss & Co
May. 15, 2010
PAUL STOPFORTH
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
SOUTH AFRICA/UNITED STATES 'The Island' #7 (Cabinets) Nelson Mandela's Prison Cell - Robben Island Signed and dated "Paul Stopforth 04" lower right; also signed twice, titled and dated "Paul Stopforth 'The Island' #7 (Cabinets) Nelson Mandela's Prison Cell - Robben Island 2004" on the reverse.
Phillips