# Ben-Zion artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:30:51.599Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Expressionism
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking and etching, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Ben-Zion](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ben-Zion_Weinman_in_the_Russian_Empire.png)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben-Zion_Weinman_in_the_Russian_Empire.png

## About Ben-Zion

Ben-Zion (1897–1987), also known as Ben-Zion Weinman, was a Russian-born American artist whose work crossed painting, printmaking, sculpture, teaching, and poetry. He is associated with Expressionism through his membership in The Ten, a group of expressionist artists. Public authority records consistently identify him as a painter and printmaker, while biographical sources also document his work as a sculptor and educator. Biblical subjects are particularly associated with his paintings and etchings. His graphic output includes the documented project The 36 Unknown, a group of thirty-six etchings dated 1971–1975. Collectors may therefore encounter Ben-Zion’s name on materially different objects, from paintings and individual prints to sculptures and works connected with a named graphic series. Institutional and authority profiles maintained by MoMA, Getty, VIAF, Wikidata, and RKD provide stable identity links, although the available source excerpts offer less detail about chronology, training, and exhibitions than about his identity and media.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in auction and appraisal settings may include paintings, prints and etchings, and sculpture. Biblical subjects are documented in his paintings and graphic work. A cataloguer may also encounter individual sheets associated with The 36 Unknown, a thirty-six-etching project dated 1971–1975. The available sources do not establish edition sizes, print states, signature practices, or a complete chronology, so those details require object-level research.

## Market and appraisal context

A Ben-Zion appraisal should begin by identifying the object type: a painting, an etching or other print, and a sculpture belong to different bodies of work and should not be compared mechanically. Biblical imagery and a possible relationship to The Ten can assist cataloguing, while prints may require investigation of whether they belong to a documented project such as The 36 Unknown. Condition, dimensions, inscriptions, provenance, attribution, and sale date should be checked against object-specific documentation and comparable public records. These features provide context; none independently proves authenticity or predicts a price. The collected source pack confirms an auction-record presence on Appraisily but provides no detailed major-auction-house results, edition information, or price history, so market conclusions should remain tied to verified individual lots.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Claims here are limited to the collected public source pack, and object-specific attribution or valuation requires separate evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20859498
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/72755666/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500046205
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/463
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Zion_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Zion_Weinman
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-zion/