Eric Hebborn Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Eric Hebborn Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 27, 2025
Hebborn (Eric) The Language of Line: A Modern Drawing Manual, autograph corrected typescript, [preface dated 1980].
Est: £4,000 - £5,000
Hebborn (Eric) The Language of Line: A Modern Drawing Manual, draft typescript with author's extensive autograph corrections, 288pp., creasing to last few leaves, damp-staining to front endpapers, slightly affecting title and dedication, very occasional small stains, slightly cockled, autograph corrections in pencil, green cloth, lettered in gilt, small stain to upper cover, small folio, [Anticoli] [preface dated 1980]. ⁂ Eric Hebborn, known as one of the greatest art forgers, sold thousands of fake Old Master paintings and drawings throughout his life. It was not until 1984 that Hebborn admitted to creating forgeries. Provenance: Webbs of Wilton, The Eric Hebborn Studio Collection, 22 October 2014, Lot 396.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 15, 2024
Exhibited Eric Hebborn Bronze Bust, ex-Christie's
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Eric Hebborn (British, 1934-1996). "Louis Meier" bronze, ca. 1970s. Signed "E. Hebborn" on back of bust. A large bronze bust of Louis Meier rendered in an emotionally charged expressionist manner by the late Eric Hebborn, an artist who achieved great notoriety for his forgeries of 'Old Masters' during the 20th century. Hebborn established a gallery in Rome and flooded the art market with thousands of paintings, sculptures, and drawings that were rendered in the style of Old Masters and later sold as originals. Interestingly, this bronze bust of Louis Meier is not a forgery but rather an original that was signed by Hebborn and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1977 where Hebborn was a student from 1954 and 1959. Christie's London sold the sculpture in 1986, ten years before Hebborn was found with a fractured skull on a street near his home in Rome - a dramatic end for the most prolific art forger of modern times. Size: 12" L x 11" W x 20.75" H (30.5 cm x 27.9 cm x 52.7 cm); 23.75" H (60.3 cm) on limestone base. About the artist: The late Eric Hebborn was an artist who was best known as a prolific forger who deceived many prominent figures in the art world with his alleged "Old Master" works. In Hebborn's kiss and tell confessional titled "Drawn to Trouble: The Forging of an Artist" (1991) he admitted to faking 500 Old Master drawings. A few years later, Hebborn published his cheeky autobiography entitled "The Art Forger's Handbook" (1998) a text in which he discusses "the inks, papers, pens, and colors of the great artists of the past and offers tips for experts and collectors on spotting fake works of art." According to a CNN report by Christy Kuesel, Hebborn is regarded as the "greatest art forger of modern times." Kuesel continues, "By his own estimate, he created over 1,000 forgeries. Only a handful of these works have been exposed as fakes, in places like the National Gallery of Denmark and the Morgan Library & Museum, after passing through the finest auction houses in the world. Some of the most notable artists Hebborn claimed to have forged, in addition to Brueghel and Van Dyck, include Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Peter Paul Rubens." Hebborn attended the Royal Academy of Arts and won the Rome Prize in engraving. Following his graduation, Hebborn further honed his ability to imitate Old Masters by working as an art restorer. Hebborn established Pannini Galleries with his partner Graham Smith and his circle included stars of the London art world such as dealer Hans Calmann, Old Master drawings specialist, Christopher White, and Anthony Blunt who was Queen Elizabeth II's art advisor who would eventually admit to being a Russian spy. Despite his forgeries, Hebborn did not admit to criminal behavior. According to Kuesel's article, "Insisting he was not a criminal, Hebborn subscribed to his own moral code. He let experts make their own opinions about his work without input from him, and he would charge similar prices for his Old Master forgeries as he did for the works he made under his own name." In his 1991 memoir, Hebborn stated, "There is nothing criminal in making a drawing in any style one wishes, nor is there anything criminal about asking an expert what he thinks of it." Hebborn's forgeries were discovered when art historian Konrad Oberhuber, the world's leading authority on Raphael's drawings who was then a curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., realized that two drawings from Colnaghi Gallery allegedly by different artists presented with styles that were identical and were rendered on the same kind of paper. Oberhuber notified a curator at the Morgan Library & Museum who made similar observations with respect to a drawing in their collection. This led to Hebborn's downfall. (source: Christy Kuesel. "The Prolific Forger Whose Fake 'Old Masters' Fooled the Art World" CNN October 24, 2019) Accompanied by Royal Academy exhibition label and Christie's documentation. Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico USA collection; ex-Christie's London, 1986 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #188889
Artemis Gallery
Sep. 18, 2024
Still life
Est: €150 - €200
in a gilded and carved wooden frame, work signed and dated.
Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
Nov. 20, 2023
OIL PAINTING BY ERIC HEBBORN
Est: €300 - €400
ERIC HEBBORN (South Kensington 1934 - Roma 1996) Uomo sdraiato Olio su tela, cm. 70 x 100 Non firmato In cornice
Casa d'Aste Babuino
Nov. 20, 2023
BRONZE SCULPTURE BY ERIC HEBBORN
Est: €200 - €300
ERIC HEBBORN (South Kensington 1934 - Roma 1996) Uomo che grida Scultura in bronzo, cm. 21 x 13 x 11 Firma lungo un lato
Casa d'Aste Babuino
Nov. 11, 2023
Eric Hebborn, R.A. (1934-1996), 'The Unfinished Lady', 1960s
Est: $100 - $200
Oil on canvas, 76 x 50.5cm. Signed and titled on reverse. Surface issues and spotting, paint loss. Available for local pickup, otherwise courier to be arranged and paid for by bidder. Long annotation on back reads: This is a Portrait of Veronica Muers. Painted by Eric Hebborn, R.A., for Mr. D. Pinkus. Painted in October 1960. The portrait is to be called 'The Unfinished Lady'. Signed and dated this day, Saturday, March 16th 1963. Royal Academy graduate Eric Hebborn was born in South Kensington, London, in 1934. Known for painting, sculpture, drawing, and skillful copies of master works, his paintings were frequently mistaken for old masters and sold for tens of thousands of pounds through major art auction houses. Ex - Antique & Fine Art Auctions, Woolloongabba (May, 2014).
Roxbury's Auction House
Apr. 11, 2020
att. Eric Hebborn (1934-1996), Drawing after a Preparatory Sketch for Raphael's Lamentation
Est: $25 - $25,000
att. Eric Hebborn (1934-1996), Drawing after a Preparatory Sketch for Raphael's Lamentation pen and ink on laid paper, 20th century made to mimic an Old Master drawing, monogramed at lower right, framed. Sheet Size 10 5/8 x 13 in.; DOA 17.5 x 21.5 in. Consignor notes that this drawing is by the infamous Eric Hebborn, English art forger, painter, and author. Martell & Suffin Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Jan. 17, 2019
Eric Hebborn (British, 1934-1996) study of Leopole
Est: £100 - £150
Eric Hebborn (British, 1934-1996) study of Leopole signed 14.5cm x 13cm together with 4 other works in the same hand (5). Eric Hebborn born in London (20 March 1934 - 11 January 1996) was an English painter and art forger and later an author. .
Ewbank's
Sep. 26, 2018
Eric Hebborn, British 1934-1996- Pieta; pen and brush and black ink, signed
Est: £200 - £300
Eric Hebborn, British 1934-1996- Pieta; pen and brush and black ink, signed, 29x23cm: together with two pencil drawings one depicting a lady head and shoulders and another of a young girl, both signed, 23x18cm and 15x19.5cm respectively, (3) (ARR)
Roseberys
Sep. 20, 2012
Attributed to Eric Hebborn - Head of a Man - pen and ink - bears signatures left and right
Est: £200 - £300
Attributed to Eric Hebborn (British, 1934-1995) Head of a Man bears indecipherable signatures left and right pen and ink h:21 w: 16 cm The racy but skilful penwork, with Old-Masterish cross hatching fits the work of Hebborn, as does the light brown, rather bogus-looking stain in the bottom right and the insensitive sticking down of the sheet on to cardboard. The source here is Rubens. In 1977 the British Museum held an exhibition of Rubens's drawings, curated by John Rowlands, which included rather too prominently a series of illustrations of little profile portraits of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, and Roman Emperors (e.g. Nero), etc, all of them belonging to the Department of Coins and Medals. Several of these drawings have two or three identifying inscriptions in the artist's hand, and this may have caused Hebborn to inscribe two "signatures" on this drawing, although neither signature seems to make any sense. The one on the right seems to say "Leonardi". This illegibility of the inscriptions is another giveaway to the drawing being a pastiche.
Cheffins
Feb. 22, 2010
HEBBORN, ERIC (BRITISH, 1934-1996): Cast bronze. Figural group of nudes on a flat base.
Est: $150 - $250
HEBBORN, ERIC (BRITISH, 1934-1996): Cast bronze. Figural group of nudes on a flat base. Monogrammed EH, numbered 9/9, stamped UD on the base at back left. L. 14.5, H. 4."
Braswell Galleries
Sep. 03, 2007
A small oil self portrait of Eric Hebborn as a
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A small oil self portrait of Eric Hebborn as a Young Man aged 15yrs, 1949, 7" x 11" (Ref: P42 Drawn to Trouble).
Inmans
Sep. 03, 2007
ERIC HEBBORN - oil on board self portrait signed
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ERIC HEBBORN - oil on board self portrait signed and dated 1980 12" x 16"
Inmans
Sep. 03, 2007
ERIC HEBBORN - oil on board interior of flat in
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ERIC HEBBORN - oil on board interior of flat in Piazza Paganica, showing the dining room decorated with copies by the artist of Pompeian frescoes 1967, signed and framed 11 1/2" x 14"
Inmans