# Esphyr Slobodkina - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:33:09.506Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 65
- Lots with prices: 44
- First auction date: 2003-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-11
- Median realised price: $3,250
- Price range: $50 to $120,000

## Market Takeaway
Esphyr Slobodkina shows solid auction liquidity with 64 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,800 and $8,250.
- 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: 18.6% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60.5% (26 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20.9% (9 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $2,750
- Previous 12 months median: $10,560
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-29
- Days since latest sale: 20
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Art\-Torg: 26 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 14 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches: 1 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots
- Hoch LTD.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-27 | Esphyr Slobodkina \(1908\-2002\), "Monochrome in Yellow," 1950, Oil on gessoed Masonite, 14.5" H x 8" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $10,560
2. 2026-04-11 | Esphyr Slobodkina 1930s Work on Paper Mural Sketch \#3 | Concept Art Gallery | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-esphyr-slobodkina-1930s-work-on-paper-mural-sketch-3-278-c-0a57da37be
3. 2026-01-29 | Esphyr Slobodkina, Drawing for Mural Sketch \#1 and \#2, circa 1938. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,508
4. 2025-08-19 | Esphyr Slobodkina \(1908 \- 2002\) oil on canvas, Abstract, painting size 27\-3/4 inches x 21\-3/4 inches. Provenance: The artist gift to Maian Hague thence by decent private collection NY. | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $9,000
5. 2025-08-06 | Esphyr Slobodkina \(1908 \- 2002\) "Caps for Sale" book illustration poster 24"H x 16"W | Ripley Auctions | $50
6. 2025-07-06 | Esphyr Slobodkina \(Russian/American, 1908\-2002\) Yellow Biomorphic, Gouache on Paper | Hoch LTD. | $4,000
7. 2025-05-22 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) The Indomitable Bird of Stainless Virtue. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,750
8. 2025-05-22 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) The Holy City. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375
9. 2025-05-22 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Will Time Tell. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
10. 2024-12-17 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\). Sketch for 'Boat Abstraction'. pencil on pap | Christie's | $300
11. 2024-02-27 | Esphyr Slobodkina \(1908\-2002\), "Purple Abstraction," 1939, Oil on waxed canvas, 20" H x 20.75" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $31,750
12. 2024-01-25 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\) Ferdinand and Isabella Seeing Columbus. | Swann Auction Galleries | $437
13. 2023-11-30 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Joy \#2. | Swann Auction Galleries | $500
14. 2023-11-30 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
15. 2023-11-30 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Studies for Dreams, \(Three works\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
16. 2023-11-30 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Abstraction, and Monochrome in Beige \#1, \(Pair\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2023-11-30 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Painting Studies, \(Pair\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
18. 2023-10-06 | Esphyr SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\) Russian \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
19. 2023-05-25 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908 \- 2002, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN\) Variation on The Last Countdown. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,500
20. 2023-02-16 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\) Untitled, \(Mural Study\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,375
21. 2023-02-16 | ESPHYR SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\) Sketch for One of the first Abstractions. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
22. 2022-12-16 | Esphyr SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\) Russian \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
23. 2022-10-22 | Esphyr Slobodkina oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $120,000
24. 2022-06-03 | Esphyr SLOBODKINA \(1908\-2002\) Russian \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A

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