# Benny Andrews artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/benny-andrews/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T14:14:04.959Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1930-11-13
- Death date: 2006-11-10
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Illustration and works on paper, Mixed media

## Portrait

![Benny Andrews](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sculpture_by_Valarie_Maynard%2C_Local_1199_Gallery_%2843rd_Street_and_8th_Avenue%29%2C_New_York%2C_New_York._Moe_Foner_and_Benny_Andrews_also_pictured._Photos_by_Bill_Andrews._Mar_1%2C_1973_Slide_31.png/1280px-thumbnail.png)
Bill Andrews for the Daily World · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sculpture_by_Valarie_Maynard,_Local_1199_Gallery_(43rd_Street_and_8th_Avenue),_New_York,_New_York._Moe_Foner_and_Benny_Andrews_also_pictured._Photos_by_Bill_Andrews._Mar_1,_1973_Slide_31.png

## About Benny Andrews

Benny Andrews (1930–2006) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator, and educator whose authority records identify him as an African American artist. Born in Plainview, Georgia, he later died in New York. His public identity is documented by Getty ULAN, VIAF, IdRef, MoMA, and the National Gallery of Art, while the Benny Andrews Estate maintains a foundation and archive devoted to his life and work. The collected sources do not establish a single named movement, so his page is best framed through his multidisciplinary practice and his place in African American art history rather than through an unsupported stylistic label. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings, prints and other works on paper, sculpture, mixed-media works, illustrations, and editions. Appraisily's matched auction data indicates a substantial public resale record, making careful work-level identification and comparison important.

## Common works and media

Authority records identify painting, printmaking, sculpture, and illustration as parts of Andrews's practice. Auction matches are also grouped under works on paper and prints, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. For appraisal purposes, record the exact medium, support, dimensions, date, signature or inscriptions, edition number when relevant, condition, and provenance before selecting comparable sales. Broad category labels should not be treated as proof that two works are equivalent.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin with the specific object, not a headline artist average. For Benny Andrews, comparable records are most useful when they align in medium, dimensions, date, career period, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, edition details, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Appraisily's collected page reports hundreds of matched public auction records, but its record totals differ by section and results may use different fee-reporting conventions. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may also be absent. A defensible opinion should therefore compare like-for-like lots, inspect condition and authorship evidence, and state the sale-date and price basis used rather than extrapolating from the artist's complete record.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, fee-reporting differences, and later attribution changes may not be fully represented.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/165723874
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/15570587/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500111179
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889934
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/180
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.41612.html
- Benny Andrews: https://www.bennyandrews.com/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/benny-andrews/