# Benjamin Greenstein Benno artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/benjamin-greenstein-benno/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:05:01.156Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture

## About Benjamin Greenstein Benno

Benjamin Greenstein Benno (1901–1980), generally cataloged as Benjamin Benno, was an American painter and sculptor. His identity is established across Wikidata, VIAF, Getty's Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress authority system, and an artist entry maintained by the National Gallery of Art. Collectors and researchers may therefore encounter his work under Benjamin Benno, Benjamin Greenstein Benno, or inverted authority-file forms such as Benno, Benjamin Greenstein. The available source pack establishes painting and sculpture as his principal documented practices but does not provide reliable support for assigning him to a specific movement, school, subject specialization, or named series. Auction and appraisal searches should account for his name variants and distinguish him from unrelated artists or historical figures named Benno. His public market footprint in Appraisily's currently matched data is limited, making careful object-level research more useful than broad conclusions drawn from aggregate results.

## Common works and media

Painting and sculpture are the clearest work types supported by the available authority record. Appraisily's auction taxonomy also places matched material within broad categories that include fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because the current public dataset contains very few matched lots, these categories should not be interpreted as a complete catalogue of Benno's production. Each object should be assessed from its medium, construction, inscriptions, edition status, provenance, and attribution evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The currently matched Appraisily dataset contains only two priced auction records dated from 2007 to 2012, so it should be treated as a narrow comparison set rather than evidence of a stable market trend. For appraisal, compare objects with similar medium, dimensions, date, subject, and execution. Condition and restoration, signatures or inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect comparability. Reported auction totals may differ in their treatment of buyer's premiums and fees. A credible valuation should therefore examine the underlying lot descriptions and sale terms, supplement the limited public records when possible, and avoid applying a single historical result to materially different paintings, sculptures, or works on paper.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Coverage may exclude private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52157018
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500080940
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6536764/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89612427
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33178.html
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/benjamin-greenstein-benno/