# Rafael Soriano - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T17:49:13.414Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2014-03-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-24
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $125 to $126,000

## Market Takeaway
Rafael Soriano has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($10,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,700 to $20,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 8% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 52% (13 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $8,000
- Previous 12 months median: $126,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-24
- Days since latest sale: 345
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 7 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Morton Subastas: 3 lots
- Antiques Supermarket: 2 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- InBelan: 1 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2019-09-14 | Rafael Soriano, Naturaleza Muerta, 20th c., O/C. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $8,500
2. 2025-05-24 | Rafael Soriano Painting, 35"H | Palm Beach Modern Auctions | $8,000
3. 2025-05-15 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) Untitled 17 13/16 x 29 1/2 in \(45.3 x 75 cm\) \(Painted in 1961\) | Bonhams | N/A
4. 2025-02-28 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\). El candor del estío. oil on canvas60 x 50 in. \( | Christie's | $126,000
5. 2023-11-16 | Fuente de energía | Sotheby's | $44,450
6. 2023-11-15 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) Ilusión de un pescador 30 x 40 in \(76.2 x 101.6 cm\) \(Painted in 1973\) | Bonhams | $16,500
7. 2023-11-15 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) Paisaje cósmico 24 x 19 7/8 in \(60.9 x 50.5 cm\) \(Painted in 1991\) | Bonhams | $15,000
8. 2023-10-03 | Luz de primavera | Sotheby's | $24,130
9. 2023-03-14 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) Untitled oil on canvas 28 1/8 x 36 1/4 in. \(71.5 | Christie's | $30,240
10. 2022-11-30 | Rafael Soriano 1920\-2015 Cuban Abstract Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-soriano-1920-2015-cuban-abstract-painting-476a-c-e39453ab42
11. 2022-09-30 | Rafael Soriano \(1920\-2015\) Personaje cósmico oil on canvas 50 x 60 in. \(127 | Christie's | $50,400
12. 2022-08-16 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) Cuban, 20th Century, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right “Soriano” reverse reads: La Tiara Olvidada\- Oles Rafael Soriano Miami FLA. H. 22 x W. 30 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $6,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-soriano-1920-2015-cuban-20th-century-oil-on-canvas-signed-lower-right-soriano-reverse-reads-la-tiara-olvidada-oles-rafael-soriano-miami-fla-h-22-x-w-30-inches-75-c-27f44cd838
13. 2022-08-16 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) Cuban, 20th Century, Untitled, 1980, Pastel on paper Signed lower left “Soriano” H. 22” x W. 30” | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $3,700
14. 2022-06-21 | Rafael Soriano \(Cuban 1920 \- 2015\) Abstract oil on canvas, signed lower left and titled on reverse "Cabeza"\-Oleo. 20 x 24 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $7,000
15. 2022-05-17 | Rafael Soriano \(CUBAN, 1920–2015\) Large oil on canvas, Abstract titled on verso: "Vision Serena Del Dinamismo". Signed lower left Soriano also signed verso Rafael Soriano Mia.Fla. Canvas is 30 x 50 inches. | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $10,000
16. 2021-01-26 | Rafael Soriano \(Cuban b. 1920\) Oil on Canvas, Cabeza de un soñador, Depicts a male torso in blue. Signed lower right, Soriano”. H. 29 ½” x W. 23”. Frame: In a 2” molded gilt wood frame. condition: Good; frame has watermark, but canvas is fine | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $8,000
17. 2020-11-18 | Rafael Soriano \(1920\-2015\) \- Contraste | Christie's | $32,500
18. 2019-12-07 | Rafael Soriano 1993 orig litho Untitled Biomorphic Form | Concept Art Gallery | N/A
19. 2018-10-06 | Rafael Soriano \(Provincia de Matanzas, Cuba, 1920 \- \) Tramas del Horizonte. Serigrafía P / A. Firmada y fechada. | Morton Subastas | MX$2,000
20. 2018-06-28 | RAFAEL SORIANO, Tramas del horizonte, Signed and dated 93, Screenprint P / A, 60 x 74 cm / 23.6 x 29.1 inches. | Morton Subastas | N/A
21. 2018-02-22 | RAFAEL SORIANO, Tramas del horizonte, Signed and dated 93, Screenprint P / A, 60 x 74 cm / 23.6 x 29.1inches. | Morton Subastas | N/A
22. 2017-05-26 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) \| Untitled | Sotheby's | $17,000
23. 2017-05-26 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) \| Motivo del mar | Sotheby's | $20,000
24. 2017-05-17 | RAFAEL SORIANO \(1920\-2015\) \- Sin título | Bonhams | $11,250

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