# Ben Shahn - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:55:44.182Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,812
- Lots with prices: 1,213
- First auction date: 2000-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-04
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $10 to $750,000

## Market Takeaway
Ben Shahn shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,795 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 74 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $270 and $1,700.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 58.2% (702 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.6% (466 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.2% (39 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 74
- Previous 12 months sales: 94
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-05
- Days since latest sale: 13
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 646 lots
- RoGallery: 182 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 166 lots
- Christie's: 91 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 37 lots
- Sotheby's: 27 lots
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 24 lots
- Skinner: 23 lots
- MiddleManBrokers: 19 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-17 | Ben Shahn \(Lithuanian/American, 1898\-1969\) Vintage Exhibition Color Poster, c.1964\-65, 26 3/4" x 20 1/4", Framed\-28 1/4" x 21 3/4" | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-lithuanian-american-1898-1969-vintage-exhibition-color-poster-c-1964-65-26-3-4-x-20-1-4-framed-28-1-4-x-21-3-4-194-c-47c5416914
2. 2025-12-16 | BEN SHAHN, HALLELUJAH, BOOK OF 24 LITHOGRAPHS | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-hallelujah-book-of-24-lithographs-624-c-f1356deff3
3. 2025-10-30 | BEN SHAHN, LOT OF THREE LITHOGRAPHS FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO | RoGallery | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-lot-of-three-lithographs-from-the-rilke-portfolio-1072-c-2188b263a5
4. 2025-09-11 | BEN SHAHN, MANY THINGS FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-many-things-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-89-c-5d94c6b907
5. 2025-06-26 | BEN SHAHN, SCREAMS OF WOMEN IN LABOR FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-screams-of-women-in-labor-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-143-c-fe84e04b4f
6. 2025-06-26 | BEN SHAHN, THE SEA ITSELF FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | $275 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-the-sea-itself-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-142-c-6cc4cf48d3
7. 2025-06-26 | BEN SHAHN, BESIDE THE DYING FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-beside-the-dying-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-43-c-1aa493a82e
8. 2025-06-26 | BEN SHAHN, UNEXPECTED MEETINGS FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-unexpected-meetings-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-42-c-d0e4e9394b
9. 2025-06-26 | BEN SHAHN, OF LIGHT, WHITE SLEEPING WOMEN IN CHILDBED, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-of-light-white-sleeping-women-in-childbed-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-41-c-c4544cba3a
10. 2025-05-29 | BEN SHAHN, SCREAMS OF WOMEN IN LABOR FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-screams-of-women-in-labor-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-1156-c-5824288957
11. 2025-03-13 | BEN SHAHN, THE SEA ITSELF FROM THE RILKE PORTFOLIO, LITHOGRAPH ON RICHARD DE BAS | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-the-sea-itself-from-the-rilke-portfolio-lithograph-on-richard-de-bas-147-c-c85463581d
12. 2025-01-30 | BEN SHAHN \(1898 \- 1969\) Two boys standing together. 1935\-38. | Swann Auction Galleries | $468 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-1898-1969-two-boys-standing-together-1935-38-177-c-80cac96539
13. 2026-04-04 | Ben Shahn, Exhibition March 3\-28, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-exhibition-march-3-28-lithograph-650-c-a8723c9b67
14. 2026-03-25 | Ben Shahn, One Must Know the Animals, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-one-must-know-the-animals-lithograph-129-c-4d87d794bf
15. 2026-03-11 | Ben Shahn / Stefan Martin SIGNED Print \[Futility\] | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-stefan-martin-signed-print-futility-37-c-107fcc886f
16. 2026-03-10 | Ben Shahn, Years of Dust / United States Resettlement Administration vintage poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-years-of-dust-united-states-resettlement-administration-vintage-poster-257-c-834a36fe8a
17. 2026-02-05 | Ben Shahn \- Frances K. Pohl | Lawsons | A$30
18. 2026-01-29 | Ben Shahn, Two men at a General Store, Arkansas, 1936. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,397
19. 2026-01-29 | Ben Shahn, Warning! / Inflation Means Depression, 1946. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,794
20. 2026-01-29 | Ben Shahn, The Home of a Family in the Negro Quarter, Natchez, Mississippi, October 1935. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2026-01-29 | BEN SHAHN, MARTIN LUTHER KING, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-martin-luther-king-lithograph-227-c-16d4e190a5
22. 2026-01-29 | Ben Shahn "Youth with Cithara" Lithograph | Auctions at Showplace | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-youth-with-cithara-lithograph-411-c-beae52c9e7
23. 2026-01-27 | Ben Shahn \(American, 1898–1969\) Lithograph | Leonard Auction | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-american-1898a-1969-lithograph-152-c-f517b15f33
24. 2026-01-01 | BEN SHAHN, WARSAW 1943, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-shahn-warsaw-1943-screenprint-861-c-19a93f7169

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