Jan Tarasin Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Jan Tarasin Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 16, 2026
Jan Tarasin_Magazyn
Est: ¥200,000 - ¥300,000
Jan Tarasin_Magazyn, watercolour on paper, executed in 1984, signed and dated (lower right), signed, titled and dated (on the reverse), framed, [Condition] foxing and ink staining in places on the reverse **The total bidding limit is 3,000,000 JPY. If you wish to increase your bidding limit above 3,000,000 JPY, please contact us by 6 PM two days before the auction.
Mallet Auction
Apr. 17, 2026
Jan Tarasin, The Beginning of the Game, 1983
Est: zł30,000 - zł40,000
*To this item we apply droit de suite
Art in House
Mar. 25, 2026
JAN TARASIN (1926 KALISZ - 2009 WARSAW), UNTITLED, 1988
Est: €4,500 - €6,000
Jan Tarasin (1926 Kalisz - 2009 Warsaw), Untitled, 1988, Gouache and pastel on paper. 40.0 x 50.0 cm (sheet), 80.0 x 100.0 cm (frame). Signed lower right: Jan Tarasin and dated: (19)88 (pencil). Framed under glass. ,
Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH
Oct. 19, 2025
Tarasin Jan - ADDING THREADS, 1984
Est: zł30,000 - zł40,000
Tarasin Jan - ADDING THREADS, 1984, - 45,0 x 32,0cm - watercolour, ind. ink, brush, paper
Agra-Art
Jul. 12, 2025
Jan Tarasin, Objects, 2000
Est: zł30,000 - zł50,000
*To this item we apply droit de suite Signed lower right: ‘JTarasin 2000’ The titular “objects” have accompanied the artist on his creative journey since the 1950s. Initially, Tarasin painted sequences of recognizable items, but over time he gradually detached them from their original meaning, de-objectifying and abstracting them. The painting presented at the 101. Auction of New Art contains a symbolic system of signs that only suggests the presence of those objects. The composition leans toward abstraction, though the artist never fully abandoned figurative art.
Art in House
Jun. 28, 2025
JAN TARASIN (POLISH 1926-2009)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
JAN TARASIN (POLISH 1926-2009) Records, 1978 Ink and pen on paper 36 x 48 cm (14 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.) framed dimensions: 68 x 55 cm (26 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.) signed and dated lower right CONDITION Observed in frame under glass, the work is in good condition, very light creasing to the corners, no other visible issues to report. Mounted, matted. PROVENANCE The Stanisław and Alicja Jonas Collection LOT NOTES Lots 25 through 71 in this auction, are being offered directly from the Estate of the esteemed Polish art collectors, Stanisław and Alicja Jonas, two remarkable individuals whose lives were defined by resilience, intellect, and a profound dedication to the arts. Stanisław Jonas, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, built a life of purpose and compassion in New York as a respected psychiatrist and counselor. His deep appreciation for the arts was more than a personal passion; it was an extension of his worldview and a form of cultural preservation. Alicja Jonas, a gifted pianist, composer, and teacher, brought her own artistic brilliance to their shared life. Having endured the hardships of wartime Poland, she immigrated to the United States in the late 1960s to reunite with Stanisław and dedicated her career to music education and composition. Together, the Jonas’s created a home filled with creativity, conversation, and artistic exploration. Their art collection reflects not only a refined aesthetic sensibility but also a lifetime of personal connections with artists and gallerists. Many of the works were acquired directly from artists whose work they admired and whose friendships they cultivated. Their relationships with key figures in the Polish and New York art scenes were essential to the development of their collection. Among the artists represented are Barbara Falender, known for her intimate sculptural forms; Rafał Olbiński, celebrated for his dreamlike surrealism; Stanisław Młodożeniec, whose expressive color and form shaped postwar Polish painting; and Krystyna Brzechwa, whose delicate compositions reflect a poetic sensibility. The collection also includes two exceptional works by Henryk Stażewski, one of the leading figures of the Polish avant-garde and a pioneer of geometric abstraction in Eastern Europe. These pieces, rare in both quality and provenance, anchor the collection in the broader trajectory of modernist innovation. Over the years, the Jonas’s cultivated meaningful relationships with several galleries that supported emerging and established Polish artists, including the Zabriskie Gallery, and Z. Michael Legutko Gallery. Their collecting was never speculative; it was personal, intentional, and grounded in dialogue, friendship, and shared cultural history. This auction offers not only a selection of fine works of art but also a portrait of a life deeply engaged with the creative world. Each piece in this collection tells a story of connection, conviction, and cultural continuity. To collect from the Jonas estate is to inherit a piece of this remarkable legacy. We are honored to present the Stanisław and Alicja Jonas Collection, a testament to two lives lived with courage, elegance, and unwavering dedication to art. Keywords: Polish Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionism, Geometric Abstraction, Polish Modernism, 20th Century Polish Painting N.B. Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 17, 2024
Tarasin Jan - NOTATION BLURRED, 1988
Est: zł150,000 - zł250,000
Tarasin Jan - NOTATION BLURRED, 1988, - 95,0 x 134,0cm - oil, canvas
Agra-Art
Mar. 17, 2024
Tarasin Jan - SIX TREADS, 1987
Est: zł35,000 - zł45,000
Tarasin Jan - SIX TREADS, 1987, - 50,0 x 40,0cm - pastel, paper
Agra-Art
Nov. 20, 2023
SCREEN PRINT BY JAN TARASIN
Est: €200 - €300
JAN TARASIN (Kasliz 1926 - Varsavia 2009) Senza titolo Serigrafia su carta, cm. 19 x 20 Firma in basso a sinistra In cornice
Casa d'Aste Babuino
May. 20, 2021
Jan Tarasin (1926-2009) - Ciała niebieskie, 1991
Est: zł12,000 - zł16,000
technika mieszana, papier; sygn. i dat. p. d.: JTarasin 91; na odwrocie oprawy pieczęć: WOJEWÓDZKI KONSERWATOR ZABYTKÓW / w Krakowie / Przedmiot nie podlega zakazowi / wywozu za granicę
Polski Dom Aukcyjny Wojciech Sladowski
Nov. 26, 2020
Tarasin Jan (1926 - 2009) - Abstract Composition, 1990
Est: zł16,000 - zł20,000
mixed technique on paper, signed and dated lower right: "JTarasin 90", verso: - a stamp (partly legible): "WOJEWÓDZKI KONSERWATOR ZABYTKÓW / w Krakowie / Przedmiot nie podlega… / wywozu za …"; - a mark: "27."
Polski Dom Aukcyjny Wojciech Sladowski
Nov. 26, 2020
Tarasin Jan (1926 - 2009) - Hills, 1990
Est: zł16,000 - zł20,000
mixed technique on paper, signed and dated down: "Jan Tarasin 90", verso: - signed and dated: "33 / JTarasin 90 / wzgórza"; - inscriptions: "248/K / 7000000,-"; on the back of the framing a stamp (partly legible): "WOJEWÓDZKI KONSERWATOR ZABYTKÓW / w Krakowie / Przedmiot [?] nie podlega zakazowi / wywozu za granicę"
Polski Dom Aukcyjny Wojciech Sladowski
Nov. 26, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Riverside", 1965
Est: zł140,000 - zł200,000
oil/canvas, 135 x 100 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 26, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Situation", 1980
Est: zł90,000 - zł120,000
acrylic/canvas, 100 x 72 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 27, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Untitled (Landscapes)
Est: zł900 - zł1,400
serigraph/paper, 40 x 30 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 27, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Nets', 1977
Est: zł900 - zł1,400
serigraph/paper, 39.5 x 30 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 27, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Untitled
Est: zł900 - zł1,400
serigraph/paper, 39.9 x 29.9 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 27, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Trees
Est: zł900 - zł1,400
serigraph/paper, 40 x 30 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 01, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Gong", 1963
Est: zł160,000 - zł220,000
oil/canvas, 125 x 95 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 01, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Birth of Objects", 1997
Est: zł100,000 - zł140,000
oil/canvas, 100 x 150 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Sep. 10, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Composition, 1992
Est: zł10,000 - zł14,000
watercolour/paper, 40 x 54 cm (dimensions in passe-partout window)
Desa Unicum SA
Jun. 25, 2020
Tarasin Jan (1926-2009) - Complication 3, 1991
Est: zł14,000 - zł16,000
gouache, watercolour, paper, signed and dated lower right : "Jan Tarasin 91", signed, dated and described verso: "Jan Tarasin 91 / Komplikacja 3"
Polski Dom Aukcyjny Wojciech Sladowski
Jun. 25, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Transcriptions", 1989
Est: zł60,000 - zł90,000
oil/canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 21, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Objects counted", 1976
Est: zł70,000 - zł100,000
oil/canvas, 46 x 61.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 21, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Objects III", 1965
Est: zł180,000 - zł250,000
oil/canvas, 73 x 92 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 21, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Liberated objects VI", 1993
Est: zł120,000 - zł200,000
oil/canvas, 90 x 130 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 19, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Tower", 1978
Est: zł800 - zł1,200
serigraph/paper, 39.5 x 30 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 19, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Record", 1978
Est: zł800 - zł1,200
serigraph/paper, 39.5 x 30 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
May. 19, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), Haystacks
Est: zł800 - zł1,200
serigraph/paper, 39.9 x 29.8 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 19, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), Untitled (Grid),
Est: zł800 - zł1,200
serigraph/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 05, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Endless register", 1987
Est: zł13,000 - zł18,000
crayon/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 05, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Complications 3", 1991
Est: zł14,000 - zł20,000
watercolour/paper, 39 x 53 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Apr. 24, 2020
Jan Tarasin, Record, 1991
Est: zł120,000 - zł140,000
*to this item we apply droit de suite Signed in the lower left corner: Jan Tarasin 91. Jan Tarasin was born on September 11, 1926 in Kalisz. The artist’s father, also Jan, was a mathematician and his mother, Katarzyna D’André – a historian. As a young boy Jan was already interested in art and he drew and collected reproductions of works by famous artists. During the occupation the Tarasin family moved to Saren, a little town in Polesie, in eastern Poland. In 1944 the artist’s father was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned in a camp in Działdowo where in January of 1945 along with the other inmates he was shot. The mother with her son and daughter moved to Olkusz where in 1946 Jan obtained a high school diploma. Between 1946-1951 Tarasin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, in the studios of the painting Professors: Zygmunt Rudnicki, Zbigniew Pronaszko, and Wacław Taranczewski as well as at the graphic ateliers of Professors Andrzej Jurkiewicz and Konrad Strzednicki. He was soon noticed. During his second year at the academy he was invited to join a group of artists exhibiting at the 1st Modern Art Exhibition. The following years, during which the state tried to subject the artistic community to the idea of socialist realism, were very difficult for the artist. He was struggling with the severe economic conditions and a creative apathy that affected the entire academy – both the professors and the students.
Art in House
Apr. 02, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Untitled, 1979
Est: zł2,000 - zł3,000
gelatin-silver print, vintage print/baryta paper, 23 x 14 cm (dimensions in passe-partout window)
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 24, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Situation II", 1987
Est: zł85,000 - zł120,000
oil/canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 05, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), Still life
Est: zł13,000 - zł16,000
oil/canvas, 85 x 75.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 05, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009), "Collection II", 1973
Est: zł95,000 - zł120,000
oil/canvas, 100 x 140 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 06, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Little stones", 1977
Est: zł1,100 - zł1,600
serigraph on paper, 39.5 x 30 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 06, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Untitled, 1977
Est: zł1,300 - zł1,800
serigraph on paper, 36 x 26.5 cm (image)
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 06, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Composition, 1990
Est: zł1,300 - zł1,800
coloured serigraph on paper, 39 x 29 cm (dimensions in passe-partout window)
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 06, 2020
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Storage" / "Magazine", 1996
Est: zł2,200 - zł3,000
coloured serigraph on paper, 60.5 x 45.3 cm (dimensions in passe-partout window)
Desa Unicum SA
Dec. 10, 2019
Situation, 1981 (diptych)
Est: zł120,000 - zł150,000
oil on canvas
Polswiss Art
Dec. 05, 2019
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Transcripts", 1993
Est: zł46,000 - zł60,000
oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Dec. 05, 2019
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "Jacob's stairs", 1992
Est: zł160,000 - zł200,000
oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Dec. 05, 2019
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) "The birth of the objects", 1997
Est: zł75,000 - zł90,000
oil on canvas, 89 x 130 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 24, 2019
Tarasin Jan (1926 - 2009) - Eröffnung. Otwarcie. Opening. Sikscreens and texts 1974-1983 - portfolio of 75 silkscreens
Est: zł12,000 - zł15,000
silkscreens (in colours and monochromatic), 24 pages of the author's text (translated into English and German), a cover and a title page, signed and number on the reverse title page: "JAN TARASIN 86/180 1991"
Polski Dom Aukcyjny Wojciech Sladowski
Oct. 24, 2019
Tarasin Jan (1926-2009) - Record, 1993
Est: zł13,000 - zł15,000
watercolour, gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right: "Jan Tarasin 93", signed, dated and described verso: "Jan Tarasin 93. / „Zapis”
Polski Dom Aukcyjny Wojciech Sladowski
Oct. 17, 2019
Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) Untitled, 1975/2002
Est: zł1,500 - zł2,500
gelatin-silver print on photographic paper, 29.5 x 39 cm
Desa Unicum SA