# Lynda Benglis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:18:31.150Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 175
- Lots with prices: 140
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $15,000
- Price range: $50 to $450,000

## Market Takeaway
Lynda Benglis shows deep auction liquidity with 172 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $16,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($16,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,400 and $47,500.
- 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: 11.7% (16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 29.2% (40 sales)
- $10,000\+: 59.1% (81 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $16,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,900
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 73
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 54 lots
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 15 lots
- Wright: 15 lots
- Sotheby's: 14 lots
- Skinner: 12 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Freeman’s: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-11 | Lynda Benglis, Voile Humaine | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000
2. 2021-05-12 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Delta 1984 | Bonhams | N/A
3. 2021-05-12 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Racer Series \#43 Carew 1990 | Bonhams | $32,000
4. 2026-03-25 | Lynda Benglis \(American, b. 1941\) Barrier Wave II, 1993 | Freeman’s | $1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lynda-benglis-american-b-1941-barrier-wave-ii-1993-83-c-d4d4f5c38e
5. 2026-03-25 | Lynda Benglis \(American, b. 1941\) Barrier Wave I, 1993 | Freeman’s | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lynda-benglis-american-b-1941-barrier-wave-i-1993-57-c-571b1a97b5
6. 2026-03-05 | Lynda Benglis \(American, b. 1941\) Barrier Wave II, 1993 | Freeman’s | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lynda-benglis-american-b-1941-barrier-wave-ii-1993-34-c-c339f310ed
7. 2025-12-07 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(AMERICAN, b. 1941\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $800
8. 2025-11-28 | ”Very Classy” | Grisebach | N/A
9. 2025-11-20 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Ghost Dance 12 1/2 x 15 5/8 x 14 5/8 in \(31.8 x 39.7 x 37.1 cm\) \(Executed in 1992. This work is number three from an intended edition of twelve plus one Artist's Proof and one foundry exemplar, of which eight and one AP we... | Bonhams | $9,500
10. 2025-11-20 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Mask II 25 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 in \(64.1 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm\) \(Executed in 1991. This work is unique\) | Bonhams | $170,000
11. 2025-10-22 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\). Indian Sea. ink on handmade paper33 ½ x 45 ¼in. \(8 | Christie's | £13,970
12. 2025-09-30 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\). Old Montauk Highway \(Bull Path Series\). gold leaf, | Christie's | $25,400
13. 2025-09-30 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\). Untitled I. Green of Guatemala marble. | Christie's | N/A
14. 2025-07-18 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\). Alewife Brook \(Bull Path Series\). pigmented acryli | Christie's | $35,280
15. 2025-05-21 | Lynda Benglis, Lagniappe I | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $16,000
16. 2025-03-12 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Virunga from the Volcano Series, 1993 | Bonhams | $350,000
17. 2024-12-17 | Lynda Benglis, American 1941, Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games | Abell Auction | $50
18. 2024-10-15 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\). Palmetto \#7. watercolour and monotype on paper 29 | Christie's | £5,040
19. 2024-10-11 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Bird's Nest \# 12 \(Executed in 2016, this work is from a series of 18 unique sculptures.\) | Bonhams | £18,000
20. 2024-05-18 | Lynda Benglis \(American, b. 1941\), "Untitled: Landscape" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $875
21. 2024-03-27 | Lynda Benglis, Voile Humaine | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,900
22. 2024-02-14 | Lynda Benglis, Centrefold | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,000
23. 2023-11-15 | Lynda Benglis | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
24. 2023-11-10 | LYNDA BENGLIS \(B. 1941\) Aquanot \#31 gouache and cast pigmented paper constr | Christie's | $37,800

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