Bashka Paeff Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Bashka Paeff Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 26, 2024
Bashka Paeff (American, 1894-1979) Plaster Boy Sculpture
Est: $50 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Bashka Paeff (American, 1894-1979), plaster sculpture of kneeling boy with bird in his hand, painted plaster with green patina, signed on base. CIRCA: 20th Century ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: H: 9.75" W: 7.5" L: 6" CONDITION: Fractured left arm Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Sep. 15, 2024
Bashka Paeff, Bronze of Boy Holding Bird
Est: $600 - $900
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979), bronze sculpture of boy holding bird, signed "Bashka Paeff SC", 9 1/2" x 7". Provenance: Boxford, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Oct. 26, 2023
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) Bust of Jonathan Mirsky, circa 1935,
Est: £200 - £400
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) Bust of Jonathan Mirsky, circa 1935, plaster, signed to reverse 27cm high Provenance: From the collection of Dr Jonathan Mirsky (1932-2021) Dr Jonathan Mirsky was an American journalist and historian of China.
Cheffins
Mar. 10, 2022
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Jan. 13, 2022
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Dec. 09, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Nov. 04, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Oct. 24, 2021
BASHKA PAEFF (American/Boston, 1889-1979) BRONZE
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
boy crouched on rock holding a seashell, mounted on bird bath,, bronze, sgn. Bashka Paeff Roman Bronze Works NY, 76"h; 42"diam., From a North Shore, Massachusetts home. Born in Minsk, Russia, Paeff's family emigrated to American when she was one year old. She studied art in Boston. In 1914 she attended the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She studied sculpture with Cyrus Dallin and Bela Pratt.
CRN Auctions
Oct. 07, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Sep. 04, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Jul. 15, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Jun. 10, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
May. 13, 2021
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor
Est: $80 - $120
Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG.
East Coast Books
Aug. 22, 2020
BASHKA PAEFF 1894-1979 BRONZE BUST
Est: $300 - $500
Bashka Paeff, American 1894-1979 bronze portrait bust. Signed in cast.
Appalachian Trading Post & Auction Company
Feb. 02, 2019
BASHKA PAEFF, AMERICAN 1894-1979 BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST. SIGNED IN CAST.
Est: $300 - $700
H: 27" W: 20" D: 14 1/2"
Appalachian Trading Post & Auction Company
Jun. 02, 2018
BASHKA PAEFF, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN 1893-1979 BUST OF A GENTLEMAN
Est: $600 - $800
foundry marked: Deal Casting Co. Prov. RI. H: 27" W: 18" D: 15"
Appalachian Trading Post & Auction Company
Apr. 15, 2018
BASHKA PAEFF 1894-1979 BRONZE BUST
Est: $500 - $600
Bashka Paeff, American 1894-1979 bronze portrait bust. Signed in cast.
Appalachian Trading Post & Auction Company
Dec. 30, 2017
Bashka Paeff 1894-1979 Bronze Sculpture
Est: $800 - $1,200
Bashka Paeff, American 1894-1979 bronze portrait bust. Signed in cast. H: 27" W: 20" D: 14 1/2"
Appalachian Trading Post & Auction Company
Nov. 18, 2017
Bashka Paeff (Russian/American, 1894-1979)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Bashka Paeff (Russian/American, 1894-1979),"Crouching Child Holding a Sea Shell", bronze, inscribed "BASHKA PAEFF / ROMAN BRONZE WORKS / NY" in circular base behind proper left foot, h. 27 1/2 in., dia. 20 3/4 in., presented on bronze pedestal, inscribed "G. SCHOONMAKER Sc." and "GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS" on base, overall h. 73 in., dia. 39 1/2 in . Note: Bashka Paeff was a noted American sculptor from Boston, Massachusetts. Her sculptures are featured in institutional collections and installed as public art. A very similar sculpture to the one offered here, titled Boy and Bird, is mounted as a fountain at the Arlington Street entrance to the Boston Public Garden.
Neal Auction Company
Sep. 21, 2015
Bashka Paeff (1893 - 1979) Plaster Bust
Est: $250 - $350
A bust of a woman, signed and dated for 1932 as pictured.
Locati LLC
Sep. 20, 2015
BASHKA PAEFF (AMERICAN/RUSSIAN 1893-1979), BRONZE
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
BASHKA PAEFF (AMERICAN/RUSSIAN 1893-1979), BRONZE, TRIANGULAR 3-PANEL SCULPTED RELIEF SUNDIAL, SIGNED AND DATED 1916, GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS MARK. HEIGHT 42" (MISSING STYLE)
William J Jenack Auctioneers
May. 17, 2015
Paeff Sculpture
Est: $300 - $500
Bashka Paeff, American (1894-1979), painted plaster sculpture with green patina, 9 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Kaminski Auctions
Mar. 21, 2015
Bashka Paeff plaster sculpture
Est: $200 - $400
Bashka Paeff (American 1893-1979)- Boy with Dove- plaster sculpture, 1914, signed Bashka Paeff scu 1914 at base, minor nicks to surface throughout. 9''h
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 19, 2014
Bashka Paeff (Russian/American, 1893-1979) Bronze Figure of a Boy and Bird, piped as a fountain, signed "BASHKA PAEFF SC." and marked
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Bashka Paeff (Russian/American, 1893-1979) Bronze Figure of a Boy and Bird, piped as a fountain, signed "BASHKA PAEFF SC." and marked along base "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC NY," approx. ht. 27, dia. of base 18 in. N.B. Paeff immigrated to Boston as a child from Minsk, Russia, and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. A version of this sculpture is in the Boston Public Garden near the Arlington Street entrance.
Skinner
Dec. 16, 2012
Bashka Paeff
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
20th Century. A bronze statue of an elderly woman in a rocking chair. Signed on the base Bashka Paeff, MacDowell Colony 1936. Statue measures 12.25" x 15".
Estates Unlimited
Aug. 21, 2012
BASHKA PAEFF (American 1893-1979) BOY WITH SHELL.
Est: $10,000 - $20,000
Outstanding large garden bronze of a nude boy crouched holding a conch shell in hand. He kneels on a naturalistic base adorned with sea shells and starfish. Signed on the back of base "Bashka Paeff Roman Bronze Works". Note: Born in Minsk, Russia, pupil of Bela Pratt, attended Massachusetts Normal Art School and School of Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The companion piece "Boy and Bird" fountain is in the Boston Public Gardens. Paeff exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Natural Sculptures Society. SIZE: 27-1/2" h x 22" w. CONDITION: Outstanding patina, very good. 9-25963
James D. Julia
Jan. 21, 2012
Paeff Sculpture
Est: $300 - $500
Bashka Paeff, American (1894-1979), painted plaster sculpture with green patina, 9 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Kaminski Auctions
Oct. 27, 2011
BASHKA PAEFF, Russian/American (1893-1979), "Young Girl on a Snapping Turtle", bronze fountain, signed and dated "Bashka Paeff, SC 1...
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
BASHKA PAEFF Russian/American (1893-1979) "Young Girl on a Snapping Turtle" bronze fountain, signed and dated "Bashka Paeff, SC 1963 on the base, Modern Art Foundry casting. 29" H
Shannon's
Sep. 10, 2004
Bashka Paeff (American, 1893-1979)
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
Boy and Bird Signed and dated "BASHKA PAEFF 1926" l.r., stamped "IDEAL CASTING CO. PROV. RI" on the reverse. Bronze sculpture (piped as a garden fountain), height 30 in. (76.2 cm). Condition: Damage to arm, missing bird, wear/oxidation to surface. Provenance: Property of James Kourafas from the estate of George E. Belcher, Stoughton, Massachusetts. N.B. Paeff immigrated to Boston as a child from Minsk, Russia. She studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and paid for her art education by selling subway tokens at the Park Street T station. She was a fellow of the National Sculpture Society. Two versions of this work were cast by Paeff. One was commissioned for the Belcher House in Stoughton, the other for the Boston Public Garden near the Arlington Street entrance. The latter is still on view in the Garden.
Skinner
Jun. 09, 2004
Bashka Paeff.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Figural group of two boys, plaster with bronze color finish, 43"t., 45"l., signed on base, "Bashka Paeff, Paris, 1924". Condition: repair to finger.
Alderfer Auction