Billy Al Bengston — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works485

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 128

Bonhams

Untitled, circa 1969

Bought In

Feb 2026

Bonhams

Paradise Canyon, 1969

Christie's

Christie's

Birmingham Small Arms II (B.S.A.), 1961

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Gas Tank Tachometer, 1961

Sotheby's

Christie's

Sotheby's

Christie's

G.P. Carburetor, 1961

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Earp

$10,800

Jan 2005

Christie's

Untitled (from the Orchid Series), 1974

$6,462

Dec 2000

Bonhams

Billy Al Bengston (1934-2022); Turkey Dracula; Untitled; (2)

$700

Phillips

J.W. Screen

$1,778

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Honolulu Watercolor, Fall

Unknown

Jun 2026

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Puerto del Cielo

$2,376

Nov 2025

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Bermuda

$1,584

Nov 2025

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Venice Watercolor

$1,524

Nov 2025

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Canal Club Fish Table 2

Bought In

Nov 2025

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Untitled (Egg) What Came First?

Bought In

Jun 2025

For Sale 7

Alpha 137 Gallery · Artsy

Olympic print for Los Angeles, 1984 (with official COA from Olympic Committee), 1982

US$2,800

Lithograph and offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper (hand signed), with COA from Olympic Committee & publisher

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Turkey Dracula mixed media watercolor, California Pop star Signed AP 6/10 Framed

$6,500

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Honolulu Watercolor, unique signed work on paper by famed LA Pop Artist, Framed

$14,500

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Billy Al Bengston Signed LA Olympic print 1984 (COA from Olympic Committee) LtEd

$2,800

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Sweet Filthy Cheat (unique signed mixed media painting with artist studio label)

$15,000

Taylor Graham · 1stDibs

Lily, Flower

$9,600

Fine Art San Diego · 1stDibs

Venice Watercolor

$7,500

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Market253 auction results

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$625 – $13.8K

49 of 56 works on paper lots with prices

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$4.1K

Object-type specific

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$2.6K

49 priced works on paper lots

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Nov 2025 · $1.9K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Works on paper: $2.6K medianPaintings: $21.6K medianSculpture/objects: $14.0K medianEditioned prints: $701 medianBooks/portfolios: $634 medianUnclassified lots: $1.1K median

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Current Exhibitions1

Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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