Emilio Cruz Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Emilio Cruz Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 15, 2025
Emilio Cruz, 1938-2004, untitled
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Emilio Cruz 1938-2004 untitled c. 1968 acrylic on canvas 24 x 40 inches unsigned Chicago gallery label verso identifying artist Provenance: the collection of Derrick Joshua Beard (1958-2018), artist, art historian, collector.
Black Art Auction
Jan. 17, 2025
Work on paper, Emilio Cruz
Est: $300 - $500
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004), Abstract Figurative Group, 1962, inkwash on paper, signed and dated lower right, sheet: 17.75"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 28.5"w
Clars Auctions
Dec. 20, 2024
Work on paper, Emilio Cruz
Est: $600 - $900
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004), Abstract Figurative Group, 1962, inkwash on paper, signed and dated lower right, sheet: 17.75"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 28.5"w
Clars Auctions
Nov. 21, 2024
Work on paper, Emilio Cruz
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004), Abstract Figurative Group, 1962, inkwash on paper, signed and dated lower right, sheet: 17.75"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 28.5"w
Clars Auctions
Jul. 18, 2024
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004) Untitled, 1965
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004) Untitled, 1965 pastel on paper signed E. Cruz and dated (lower center) 10 x 13 3/4 inches. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan Private Collection
Hindman
Jun. 14, 2024
Richard Youniss. Street Scene, watercolor
Est: $500 - $700
(American, 20th century) Watercolor on paper with deckled edges, unsigned, sheet size: 22 1/4 x 30in., unframed
Alex Cooper
Jun. 14, 2024
Emilio Cruz. Horse, pastel
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(American, 1938-2004) Pastel on paper, 1991, signed "Emilio Cruz" lr, sheet size: 18 x 24 in., unframed
Alex Cooper
Dec. 16, 2023
Emilio Cruz. Figures and Forms, pastel
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
(Cuban/American, 1938-2004). Pastel with graphite on paper, 1990, signed and dated "Emilio Cruz" ll, sight size: 21 x 29 in., matted and unframed.
Alex Cooper
Dec. 16, 2023
Emilio Cruz. Nude and Skeletons, pastel
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
(Cuban/American, 1938-2004). Pastel with graphite on paper, 1991, signed and dated "Emilio Cruz" ll, sight size: 21 x 29 in., matted and unframed.
Alex Cooper
Dec. 14, 2023
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004) Untitled, 1965
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004) Untitled, 1965 pastel on paper signed E. Cruz and dated (lower center) 10 x 13 3/4 inches.
Hindman
Apr. 19, 2023
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004) The Signature of Fossils, 1977
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Emilio Cruz (American, 1938-2004) The Signature of Fossils, 1977 oil on canvas signed Emilio Cruz, titled and dated (verso) 60 x 60 inches.
Hindman
Jan. 21, 2023
Emilio Cruz. Dog Man, mixed media
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
(Cuban/American, 1938-2004). Mixed media, pastel, graphite, colored pencil on paper, 1990, red pencil signed and dated "Emilio Cruz" ll, sheet size: 11 1/2 x 14 1/8 in., framed.
Alex Cooper
Oct. 06, 2022
EMILIO CRUZ (1938 - 2004) Untitled (Abstraction in Red).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
EMILIO CRUZ (1938 - 2004) Untitled (Abstraction in Red). Color pastels on cream wove paper, 1953. 635x800 mm; 25x32 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "10-24-53" in pencil, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 04, 2021
Emilio Cruz, 1938-2004, untitled, Figures
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Emilio Cruz 1938-2004 untitled, Figures 1983 pastel on Arches paper 22 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches signed and dated
Black Art Auction
Sep. 21, 2021
EMILIO CRUZ (1938-2004) Three Figures.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EMILIO CRUZ (1938-2004) Three Figures. Color pastels on cream wove paper. 295x365 mm; 11 1/2x14 1/2 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right recto. 1965. Provenance: Aquired from the artist, New York. A New York native, Cruz began his career associated with New York artists Lester Johnson (1919-2010, see lots 202-214), Jan Muller and Bob Thompson--artists who all applied the principles of Abstract Expressionism to figurative imagery. Of Cuban descent, Cruz spent the majority of his life in New York, excluding the 1970s when he taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is also found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 20, 2021
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004) - Figures
Est: $500 - $800
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004) Figures ink on paper 19 ½ x 29 5/8 in. (49.5 x 75.3 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 22, 2021
EMILIO CRUZ (1938 - 2004) Untitled.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EMILIO CRUZ (1938 - 2004) Untitled. Color ink and felt tip pens on cream illustration board, 1971. 610x483 mm; 24x19 inches. Signed and dated in ink, upper right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, Barbara Jones-Hogu (c. 1971); the estate of Barbara Jones-Hogu; private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 06, 2021
Emilio Cruz, 1938-2004, Untitled
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Emilio Cruz 1938-2004 Untitled 1978 pen and wash on thick paper 22-1/4 x 30 inches signed and dated inscribed, "To Peter and Janna"
Black Art Auction
Jun. 04, 2020
EMILIO CRUZ (1938 - 2004) Figurative Composition #5.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
EMILIO CRUZ (1938 - 2004) Figurative Composition #5. Oil on thick linen canvas, 1964. 813x1016 mm; 32x40 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Roma" and "To Jackson Gallery 32 E. 69 ST. N.Y 21. N.Y." in oil, upper right verso. Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, with the gallery label on the verso; private collection, Maine. This significant figure compositon by Emilio Cruz was painted while the artist was on a John Jay Whitney Fellowship in Rome, Italy from 1964-65. His Figure Compositon #7, 1965 is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, gifted from the Martha Jackson Memorial Collection. Cruz exhibited at the Martha Jackson Gallery in 1966. A New York City native, he began his career associated with New York artists Lester Johnson, Jan Muller and Bob Thompson - artists who all applied the principles of Abstract Expressionism to figurative imagery. Of Cuban descent, Cruz spent the majority of his life in New York City, excluding the 1970s when he taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is also found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and the Hirshhorn Museum.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 14, 2019
Emilio Cruz. Untitled (Modernist Nudes)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(American, 1938-2004). 1964, pastel on paper, signed and dated in pencil lr, sight size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Dec. 14, 2019
Emilio Cruz. Untitled (Dancing Nudes)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(American, 1938-2004). 1964, oil stick and pastel on paper, signed and dated in pencil "Emilio Cruz 64" lr, sight size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Oct. 08, 2019
EMILIO CRUZ (1937 - 2004) Untitled (Floating Figures).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
EMILIO CRUZ (1937 - 2004) Untitled (Floating Figures). Oil on canvas, 1962. 406x508 mm; 16x20 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right. Provenance: private collection, Connecticut. New York City native Emilio Cruz began his artistic career in the 1960s alongside artists like Lester Johnson, Jan Muller and Bob Thompson - both applied the principles of Abstract Expressionism to figurative imagery. Cruz, an African-American of Cuban descent, spent the majority of his life in New York City, excluding the 1970s when he taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. Biography courtesy of the estate of Emilio Cruz.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 22, 2019
Emilio Cruz, Am. 1938-2004, Abstract with Figures, Pastel on Paper, 17" x 19.25" Framed
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Emilio Cruz Am. 1938-2004 Abstract with Figures Pastel on Paper Signed and Dated lrc. From ex. Collection of Noted Art Historian Meyer Schapiro. 17" x 19.25" Framed
Barridoff Auctions
Jun. 30, 2008
Origins
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004) Origins oil, oil pastel and crayon on paper mounted on panel 34 x 46 in. (86.4 x 116.8 cm.) Executed in 1985.
Christie's