Herbert Ferber
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Herbert Ferber #3,719Established

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personAmerican, 1906–1991
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Selected Works109

Museum Acquisitions

22 Institutions
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MoMA
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Previous Sales 14

Christie's
Sir James I, George's Series
Sir James I, George's Series, 1987
$687
Mar 2011
Christie's
Calligraphic Mercury II
Calligraphic Mercury II, 1955
$11,950
Sep 2003
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled
Untitled
$17,500
Oct 2022
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Untitled
Untitled
$1,000
Nov 2018
Wright
Number 15
Number 15
$756
Jan 1970
Sotheby's
If I Touch Them They Bleed (Game I)
If I Touch Them They Bleed (Game I), 1949
$16,510
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Hommage to Piranesi
Hommage to Piranesi, 1965
$8,255
Jul 2023
Sotheby's
Shape and Space
Shape and Space, 1989
$8,190
Mar 2022
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Calligraph
Calligraph, 1966
Bidding closed
Bronze
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Untitled (Study for Sculpture)
Untitled (Study for Sculpture), 1945
Bidding closed
Watercolor, ink, pencil, and gouache on paper
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Untitled (Crab Study)
Untitled (Crab Study), 1948
Bidding closed
Ink on wove paper
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Caligraph
Caligraph, 1966
Bidding closed
Bronze
Phillips · Artsy
Richmond I
Richmond I, 1974
Bidding closed
Copper
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1946
Bidding closed
Patinated bronze, fiberboard
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Market86 auction results

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$11.9K – $17.5K
1 of 1 sculpture/objects lots with prices
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$14.7K
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$17.5K
1 priced sculpture/objects lots
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Oct 2022 · $17.5K
Latest priced sale: Untitled
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Sculpture/objects: $17.5K medianPaintings: $844 medianWorks on paper: $756 medianUnclassified lots: $8.3K median
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions1

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Wadsworth Atheneum

Herbert Ferber: Space in Tension

Herbert Ferber

600 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA

Jan 27, 2018 — Jul 29, 2018

Herbert Ferber — January 27, 2018 – July 29, 2018

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Exhibition
Herbert Ferber: Space in Tension
Jan 27, 2018
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Herbert Ferber dies
Jan 1, 1991
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Herbert Ferber born
Jan 1, 1906
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