# Rafael Zabaleta - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T10:08:26.426Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 37
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2007-10-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-12
- Median realised price: $7,000
- Price range: $900 to $100,000

## Market Takeaway
Rafael Zabaleta has 37 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($7,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,600 to $46,000\) 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: 14.3% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.7% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 50% (7 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 17
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-12
- Days since latest sale: 346
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Setdart Auction House: 20 lots
- Sala Retiro Subastas: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Subarna Subastas: 3 lots
- La Suite Subastas: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Isbilya Subastas: 1 lots
- Subastas Segre: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-12 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "In the museum". Ink on paper. Signed and dedicated in the lower margin. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
2. 2025-04-11 | Perdices y reclamo | Sotheby's | N/A
3. 2025-02-11 | RAFAEL ZABALETA \- The view from the Tournelle bridge | Subastas Segre | €950
4. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "Landscape of Zújar", 1938. Oil on canvas. Work reproduced in Guzmán Pérez 79, page 129. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-landscape-of-zujar-1938-oil-on-canvas-work-reproduced-in-guzman-perez-79-page-129-signed-and-dated-in-the-lower-right-corner-29-c-3f54e39bac
5. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\) "Fauna of Cazorla", 1958. Oil on canvas. Measurements: 130 x 97 cm; 152 x 117,5 cm \(frame\). Work reproduced in the Catalogue Raisonné of Mª de Guzmán, pp. 384\-385. | Setdart Auction House | €46,000
6. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "Still life". Oil on canvas. Work reproduced in the Catalogue Raisonné of Mª de Guzmán, p. 282\- 283. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 61 x 50 cm; 77,5 x 66,5 cm \(frame\). | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-still-life-oil-on-canvas-work-reproduced-in-the-catalogue-raisonne-of-ma-de-guzman-p-282-283-signed-in-the-lower-left-corner-measurements-61-x-50-cm-77-5-x-66-5-cm-frame-27-c-5554663bf3
7. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). "Still life of the window", 1954. Oil on canvas. Work reproduced in the Catalogue Raisonné of Mª de Guzmán, p. 204\-205. Signed. Measurements: 50 x 60 cm; 69 x 80 cm \(frame\). | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-still-life-of-the-window-1954-oil-on-canvas-work-reproduced-in-the-catalogue-raisonne-of-ma-de-guzman-p-204-205-signed-measurements-50-x-60-cm-69-x-80-cm-frame-26-c-ad9411ea48
8. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). "Orchard and market gardeners", 1949. Oil on canvas. Work reproduced in the Catalogue Raisonné of Mª de Guzmán, p. 452\-453. Signed. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
9. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). "Untitled. Paris, 1950. Ink on paper. Signed, dated, located and dedicated in the lower area. Measurements: 31 x 24 cm; 45 x 38 cm \(frame\). | Setdart Auction House | €2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-untitled-paris-1950-ink-on-paper-signed-dated-located-and-dedicated-in-the-lower-area-measurements-31-x-24-cm-45-x-38-cm-frame-24-c-98d477c8f0
10. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). Untitled. Ink on paper. Signed in the middle right area. Measurements: 28,5 x 21,5 cm; 49 x 42 cm \(frame\). | Setdart Auction House | €1,600
11. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). "Landscape", c. 1948\- 1949\- 1949\- Oil on thick cardboard glued to board. Work reproduced in the Catalogue Raisonné of Mª de Guzmán, p. 382\-383 \(ref 188.b\). | Setdart Auction House | N/A
12. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\) "Peasants". Oil on canvas Work reproduced in: Guzmán, M., Rafael Zabaleta, Estudio Calcográfico. Oil and watercolors, 1952, pp. 68\-69 and 70. Label on the back of the Biosca Gallery \(Madrid\). | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-peasants-oil-on-canvas-work-reproduced-in-guzman-m-rafael-zabaleta-estudio-calcografico-oil-and-watercolors-1952-pp-68-69-and-70-label-on-the-back-of-the-biosca-gallery-madrid-21-c-e934be59e3
13. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "The slaughterer, 1951. Oil on canvas. Provenance: Private collection of the writer Camilo José Cela. It has slight damage to the frame. Measurements: 100 x 81 cm; 103 x 84 cm \(frame\). | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-the-slaughterer-1951-oil-on-canvas-provenance-private-collection-of-the-writer-camilo-jose-cela-it-has-slight-damage-to-the-frame-measurements-100-x-81-cm-103-x-84-cm-frame-11-c-daa49b48fd
14. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "San Sebastian Beach", 1950s. Oil on canvas. Work reproduced in the catalog of the artist by María Guzmán Pérez, p. 243. Signed in the lower right corner. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rafael-zabaleta-fuentes-quesada-jaen-1907-1960-san-sebastian-beach-1950s-oil-on-canvas-work-reproduced-in-the-catalog-of-the-artist-by-maria-guzman-perez-p-243-signed-in-the-lower-right-corner-6-c-df84dab9a8
15. 2025-01-29 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). "Night of cats", 1958. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 100 x 81 cm; 124 x 105 cm \(frame\). Work exhibited | Setdart Auction House | N/A
16. 2024-10-15 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). "The slaughterer", 1949. Oil on canvas. Work reproduced in GUZMÁN PÉREZ, "Rafael Zabaleta. Catalographic Study. | Setdart Auction House | €30,000
17. 2024-09-12 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "Female portrait". Ink and pencil drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Biosca Gallery \(1975\). The paper has stains. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
18. 2024-09-12 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "Camposanto", ca. 1953. Oil on canvas adhered to board. Signed in the lower right corner. Bibliography: \- GUZMAN, M., Cataloging, number 322, page 529. | Setdart Auction House | €7,000
19. 2024-05-23 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907\-1960\). Untitled, 1955. Ink on paper. Presents informative label of the Biosca Gallery \(Madrid\) on the back. | Setdart Auction House | €900
20. 2024-05-23 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "Still life of the fruit vendor", 1941. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. | Setdart Auction House | €15,000
21. 2024-02-15 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(196\-1960\). "LANDSCAPE". | Subarna Subastas | €4,000
22. 2023-10-05 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(196\-1960\). "LANDSCAPE". | Subarna Subastas | N/A
23. 2023-06-21 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(196\-1960\). "LANDSCAPE". | Subarna Subastas | N/A
24. 2023-01-25 | RAFAEL ZABALETA FUENTES \(Quesada, Jaén, 1907 \- 1960\). "The wolf ravine". 1946. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. | Setdart Auction House | €11,000

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