Joseph Urban Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Joseph Urban Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 15, 2026
JOSEF URBAN (AUSTRIAN/AMERICAN 1872-1933), ATTRIBUTED; A SECESSIONIST SCREEN; EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
JOSEF URBAN (AUSTRIAN/AMERICAN 1872-1933); ATTRIBUTEDA SECESSIONIST SCREEN; EARLY 20TH CENTURYTwo frame panels in stained wood, with green and pink Tiffany glassEach panel; 170cm high, 59.8cm wide, 2.8cm deepProvenanceProperty of a Private CollectionRoberto Polo, Paris, 2003/4The Weiner Werkstatte of America Inc was set up on the initiative of architect, illustrator and scenic designer Josef Urban, who had emigrated to the USA in 1911. This new sales outlet provided for the Wiener Werkstatte artists and his own already established 'Decorative and Scenic Studio'. The new premises on Fifth Avenue was financed and equipped by Urban himself, the branch opened in 1922, the first exhibition was a success, but soon afterwards there were disputes with Vienna, which led to its closure in 1924.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Mar. 05, 2026
JOSEF URBAN (1872-1933). Set of Four Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for th
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
JOSEF URBAN (1872-1933). Set of Four Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for the Paul Hofner Restaurant,. 38 ½ x 16 x 21 1/8 in. (97.8 x 40.7 x 53.6 cm) (each).
Christie's
Dec. 12, 2025
Joseph Urban Art Deco Waldorf Astoria Ottoman
Est: $1,000 - $4,000
Large Art Deco upholstered ottoman, silvered wood carved frame with modern upholstered fabric. Labeled and marked underneath " Waldorf Astoria," 23 1/2 in. H, 34 in. Sq.
Alex Cooper
Dec. 12, 2025
Joseph Urban Art Deco Waldorf Astoria Ottoman
Est: $1,000 - $4,000
Large Art Deco upholstered ottoman, silvered wood carved frame with modern upholstered fabric. Labeled and marked underneath " Waldorf Astoria," 23 1/2 in. H, 34 in. Sq.
Alex Cooper
Dec. 11, 2025
JOSEF URBAN (1872-1933). Set of Six Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for the
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
JOSEF URBAN (1872-1933). Set of Six Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for the Paul Hofner Restaurant,. 38 ½ x 16 x 21 1/8 in. (97.8 x 40.7 x 53.6 cm) (each).
Christie's
Oct. 15, 2025
JOSEF URBAN (AUSTRIAN/AMERICAN 1872-1933), ATTRIBUTED; A SECESSIONIST SCREEN; EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
JOSEF URBAN (AUSTRIAN/AMERICAN 1872-1933); ATTRIBUTEDA SECESSIONIST SCREEN; EARLY 20TH CENTURYTwo frame panels in stained wood, with green and pink Tiffany glassEach panel; 170cm high, 59.8cm wide, 2.8cm deepProvenanceProperty of a Private CollectionRoberto Polo, Paris, 2003/4The Weiner Werkstatte of America Inc was set up on the initiative of architect, illustrator and scenic designer Josef Urban, who had emigrated to the USA in 1911. This new sales outlet provided for the Wiener Werkstatte artists and his own already established 'Decorative and Scenic Studio'. The new premises on Fifth Avenue was financed and equipped by Urban himself, the branch opened in 1922, the first exhibition was a success, but soon afterwards there were disputes with Vienna, which led to its closure in 1924.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Mar. 15, 2025
Joseph URBAN (1872-1933) interior with a pipe smoker in traditional costume,
Est: €80 -
Öl/Holz, u. links signiert J. Urban, österreichischer Maler geb. 1872 in Wien - 1933 New York City , H 26 cm x B 21 cm, Rahmen 45,5 x 40,5 cm, kleine Farbflecke
Antikauktion Krefeld
Dec. 07, 2024
Joseph URBAN (1872-1933) interior with a pipe smoker in traditional costume,
Est: €100 -
Öl/Holz, u. links signiert J. Urban, österreichischer Maler geb. 1872 in Wien - 1933 New York City , H 26 cm x B 21 cm, Rahmen 45,5 x 40,5 cm, kleine Farbflecke
Antikauktion Krefeld
Oct. 06, 2024
Joseph Urban Art Deco Style Floor Lamp
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Joseph Urban (Austrian/American, 1872-1933) Art Deco Style Floor Lamp, in chrome, glass, and black lacquer. 72" H x 29" Diameter. Provenance: From a FiDi private Collection. Keywords: Art Deco Revival, Donald Deskey style, Art Moderne, Hollywood, Movie Palace, Torchere, Torchiere, Lighting, Standing Lamp, Interior design, Decorative Arts
Auctions at Showplace
Jun. 15, 2024
Joseph URBAN (1872-1933) interior with a pipe smoker in traditional costume,
Est: €100 -
Öl/Holz, u. links signiert J. Urban, österreichischer Maler geb. 1872 in Wien - 1933 New York City , H 26 cm x B 21 cm, Rahmen 45,5 x 40,5 cm, kleine Farbflecke
Antikauktion Krefeld
Nov. 19, 2023
Joseph Urban Art Deco Style Floor Lamp
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Joseph Urban (Austrian/American, 1872-1933) Art Deco style floor lamp in chrome, glass, and black lacquer. 72" H x 29" Diameter. Keywords: Art Deco, Joseph Urban, Donald Deskey, Art Moderne, Hollywood, Movie Palace, Torchere, Torchiere, Floor Lamp, Standing Lamp, Chrome, Lacquer, Glass
Auctions at Showplace
Nov. 15, 2023
JOSEPH URBAN - PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Est: $300 - $500
Joseph Urban (Austrian-American, 1872 - 1933). Vintage photographs of Urban's architectural designs. Including the ballroom of the Central Park Casino, the Reinhardt Theatre, three side views and one front view of the Ziegfield Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera House, Urban's submission for the Palace of Soviets, along with several unidentified others.
Litchfield Auctions
Jan. 08, 2023
Josef Urban Attr. Art Deco Bronze Table Lamp
Est: $400 - $600
Josef Urban (Austrian/American, 1872-1933) attributed gilt bronze table or desk lamp with a hammered textured surface, apparently unsigned. 11.5" H x 7" W x 5.5" D.
Auctions at Showplace
Aug. 27, 2021
JOSEF URBAN (NY/AUSTRIA, 1872-1933)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Guitarist Playing to Empty Beer Hall, oil on board, signed lower left, in a gilt box frame with linen panel and raised gilt liner, OS: 16 1/2" x 14 1/2", SS: 10" x 7 3/4". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jul. 13, 2021
Joseph Urban (1872-1933, Austrian-American) 12.25" H x 9.75" W x 2.75" D
Est: $500 - $700
Joseph Urban (1872-1933, Austrian-American) "Theatres" New York: Theatre Arts, Inc., 1929 Signed: Joseph Urban First edition, limited edition numbered 83/200 12.25" H x 9.75" W x 2.75" D Provenance: From the Collection of the Dharam Damama's
John Moran Auctioneers
Jan. 30, 2021
URBAN, JOSEPH (1872-1933) "In die Bauernstube"
Est: -
URBAN, JOSEPH (1872-1933) "Into the Farmhouse". signed, oil on canvas, relined, HxW: 27/22 cm., frame. Slight signs of age, wear on the edges of the frame impression, restored.
Auktionshaus Eppli
Dec. 04, 2020
Joseph Lupiani Urban Deer Sculpture
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Joseph Lupiani (Contemporary, Grafton, VT) "Urban Deer" Sculpture, carved wood, cast metal, stone base, overall ht 21"
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 19, 2019
Poster by Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919) & Joseph Urban (1872-1933) - Protektorate Franz Joseph I (Austria)
Est: €350 - €600
Protektorate Franz Joseph I (Austria) - 33,5x44,5, 1908 by Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919) & Joseph Urban (1872-1933) 33,5x44,5, 1908
Van Sabben Poster Auctions
Nov. 17, 2018
Joseph Urban (Austrian/New York, 1872-1933)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Joseph Urban (Austrian/New York, 1872-1933), "Ziegfeld Theater Floral Mural", oil on canvas laid on masonite folding three-panel screen, unsigned, 107 3/4 in. x 72 in., Provenance: Doyle, New York, May 3, 2001, lot 1313
Neal Auction Company
Jun. 07, 2017
LEFLER, HEINRICH. 1863-1919. Watercolor, unpublished illustration of Davi
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LEFLER, HEINRICH. 1863-1919. Watercolor, unpublished illustration of David and Goliath for an unrealized picture book, 216 x 314 mm, n.d., matted. The Austrian artist, best known for his work with brother-in-law and famous set designer Joseph Urban (1872-1933), produced one masterpiece of German nursery rhyme illustration, Kling Klang Gloria (1907). Evidently he was planning a sequel for several finished watercolors in the same format as this ornate picture of David and Goliath survive. The rather delicate young Hebrew hero confronts a particularly fierce Prussian officer from the eighteenth century court of Frederick the Great.
Bonhams
Jan. 29, 2015
JOSEPH URBAN, (AUSTRIAN 1872-1933), THE POACHER
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOSEPH URBAN (austrian 1872-1933)/span THE POACHER Signed 'J. Urban' bottom right, oil on panel 18 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (47 x 31.1cm) provenance: /spanPrivate Collection, Pennsylvania.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 16, 2014
Josef Urban
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
Josef Urban
Sotheby's
Dec. 16, 2014
Josef Urban
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Josef Urban
Sotheby's
Mar. 13, 2013
Artwork by - Josef Urban
Est: €1,800 - €2,300
Artwork by - Josef Urban
Dorotheum
Jul. 18, 2012
* Lefler (Heinrich, 1863-1919) & Urban (Joseph,
Est: £300 - £500
* Lefler (Heinrich, 1863-1919) & Urban (Joseph, 1872-1933). Set design for the play Der Blaue Vogel, Act III, by Maurice Maeterlink, c. 1912, pen, ink, watercolour and gouache on card, signed lower right, 110 x 274mm (4.3 x 10.75ins). Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919) and Joseph Urban (1872-1933) were brothers-in-law who often worked in collaboration, as in the present work. Both artists studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, and became prominent exponents of the Jugendstil.. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Mar. 17, 2010
JOSEF URBAN
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
JOSEF URBAN AN EXTREMELY RARE SET OF TEN CHAIRS 39 1/8 in. (99.4 cm) high manufactured by Thonet
Sotheby's
Jul. 22, 2008
Josef Urban (1872-1933 New York, NY/Austria):
Est: $500 - $800
Josef Urban (1872-1933 New York, NY/Austria): signed with monogram and titled upper right: JU, titled again, inscribed, dated and numbered verso: Follies 1916, - 3, #95, #21, #2, watercolor and gouache on board, sight size: 8.5'' x 10.5'', est:$500/800. Note: The present work likely depicts construct
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 23, 2004
Austrian-born architect Joseph Urban (1872-1933) i
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
JOSEPH AND GRETL URBAN/ZIEGFELD THEATER Three-panel room screen of painted canvas over plywood, decorated with lush flora. (Austrian-born architect Joseph Urban (1872-1933) emigrated to the United States in 1911 to become art director of the Boston Opera. Urban's extremely successful career in his adoptive country included all matters of design, from theater to movie sets, to interiors and buildings. His high-profile clients included William Randolf Hearst, for whom he served as artistic director for Cosmopolitan Pictures from 1920 to 1925, and Florenz Ziegfeld, for whom he designed the Follies starting in 1915, and eventually the Ziegfeld Theater (built 1927 and financed by Hearst. The canvas was originally part of a large mural in the Ziegfeld's Ladies' Lounge, executed by Urban's daughter Gretl, a frequent collaborator. The entire mural was originally in the collection of Randolph Carter, a fellow set designer at the Ziegfeld, and co-author of "Joseph Urban: Architecture, Theater, Opera, Film.") Some minor losses. Unmarked. Each panel: 8' x 24"
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 11, 2003
JOSEPH URBAN
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DATE OF OBJECT ca. 1922
Sotheby's