Irma Cavat Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Irma Cavat Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 16, 2025
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $300 - $500
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Nov. 21, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $300 - $500
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Aug. 08, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $300 - $500
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Jun. 06, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $500 - $1,000
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
May. 28, 2024
IRMA CAVAT, COUNTRY SCENE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
Est: $1,100 - $1,800
Artist: Irma Cavat, American (1928 - 2021) Title: Country Scene Year: circa 1960 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed Image Size: 10.5 x 14.5 inches Frame Size: 17 x 21 inches
RoGallery
May. 23, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $500 - $1,000
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
May. 09, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $500 - $1,000
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Apr. 26, 2024
Irma Cavat, American 1928, Two Figures at Table, Oil on Canvas
Est: $50 - $25,000
Irma Cavat American, 1928 Two Figures at Table Oil on Canvas Signed l.r. "Cavat."
Nye & Company
Apr. 25, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $500 - $1,000
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Apr. 11, 2024
Irma Cavat Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene
Est: $500 - $1,000
Irma Cavat, American 1928 - 2020, Large Signed Oil Painting of Dream Scene. Measures 42 inches x 50 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Jan. 25, 2024
Irma Cavat, Oil on Canvas, Girl with Plant
Est: $200 - $400
(American, b. 1928) signed l.r. and dated '62. Sight size: 31"h x 23"w Overall: 37-1/2"h x 29-1/2"w
Nye & Company
Jan. 25, 2024
Irma Cavat, Oil on Canvas, Two Figures at Table
Est: $200 - $400
(American, b. 1928) signed l.r. "Cavat." Sight size: 43-3/4"h x 27-1/4"w Overall: 4'5-1/4"h x 37-1/2"w
Nye & Company
Jan. 19, 2024
Irma Cavat Lithograph on Paper, "Song of De Flute", H 29.5" W 33.5"
Est: $100 - $200
Pencil signed lower center, titled, and #18/20. Matted and framed H. 29" x W. 34.5". Provenance: Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland (paper label affixed verso); Acquired from above by a Private Collector, Farmington Hills, Michigan
DuMouchelles
Sep. 08, 2023
Irma Cavat Painting of a Dog
Est: $900 - $1,350
Irma Cavat (American, 1928-2020). Painting of a dog, n.d. Signed at lower right. A beautiful painting of a dog rendered in a manner that recalls ancient Roman frescoes. A sweet black and white canine is the focus of this composition. Cavat featured the pup at the center surrounded by a red background. Perhaps delineated in encaustic, with a marvelous texture that suggests a stone wall. Note how Cavat created the appearance of loss to the peripheries to suggest abrasions to an ancient wall fresco. A very special piece by the late Irma Cavat mounted on linen-covered stretchers within an acrylic shadowbox. Size: 11.125" L x 9" W (28.3 cm x 22.9 cm) Size (shadowbox): 15.375" L x 13.375" W (39.1 cm x 34 cm) About the artist: Born in Brooklyn, New York, Irma Cavat studied with Alexander Archipenko and modeled for surrealist Renee Magritte. Cavat also studied with Hans Hofmann at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She pursued various forms of visual expression, designing windows for Fifth Avenue's FAO Schwartz toy store, illustrating science fiction books, and designing jewelry. In the early 1950s, Cavat was an Abstract Expressionist and worked with Willem De Kooning. Her artist residencies included: Yaddo in New York, the McDowell Colony in Maine, the Djerassi Foundation in Northern California, and a Fulbright Grant to Rome, Italy. She lived in Rome from 1955 to 1964 and then moved to Santa Barbara where she was a Professor of Art at UCSB from 1965 to 2000. Upon returning to the U.S. she began to paint figuratively. In 1995, Cavat contributed to the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Sadako Peace Garden in collaboration with landscape architect Isabelle Greene and Nobel laureate in theoretical physics Walter Kohn on the 50th anniversary of the tragedy at Hiroshima. She sojourned in Paris, Provence, Athens, and London - and also traveled to Tiananmen Square in China, the open markets of Morocco, the Taj Mahal in India, as well as parts of Turkey, Japan, Hungary, the Baltic States, and Russia. Cavat exhibited widely. Her first verified exhibition was "Recent Drawings U.S.A." at Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY in 1956, and her most recent exhibition was "View from Here: Santa Barbara Artists in the Permanent Collection" at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA in 2011. Other exhibition venues include: Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY; Arwin Gallery, Detroit, MI; Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Faculty Club Emeritus Show, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA; Academia Americana, Rome, Italy; Gallery Gratticielo, Milano, Italy; Gallery Via Sestina, Rome, Italy; American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Fairtree Gallery, New York, NY; Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY; West Publishing Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; and Sadako Peace Garden, Montecito, CA. Cavat's art has been collected by: Irving Stone, Beverly Hills, CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Mayor Sheila Lodge, Santa Barbara, CA; Cynthia Wood, Montecito, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art; Flint Museum, Michigan; and Detroit Institute of Art. Provenance: ex-private Santa Barbara, California, USA collection 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. #179670
Artemis Gallery
Jul. 07, 2023
Irma Cavat Painting of a Dog
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Irma Cavat (American, 1928-2020). Painting of a dog, n.d. Signed at lower right. A beautiful painting of a dog rendered in a manner that recalls ancient Roman frescoes. A sweet black and white canine is the focus of this composition. Cavat featured the pup at the center surrounded by a red background. Perhaps delineated in encaustic, with a marvelous texture that suggests a stone wall. Note how Cavat created the appearance of loss to the peripheries to suggest abrasions to an ancient wall fresco. A very special piece by the late Irma Cavat mounted on linen-covered stretchers within an acrylic shadowbox. Size: 11.125" L x 9" W (28.3 cm x 22.9 cm) Size (shadowbox): 15.375" L x 13.375" W (39.1 cm x 34 cm) About the artist: Born in Brooklyn, New York, Irma Cavat studied with Alexander Archipenko and modeled for surrealist Renee Magritte. Cavat also studied with Hans Hofmann at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She pursued various forms of visual expression, designing windows for Fifth Avenue's FAO Schwartz toy store, illustrating science fiction books, and designing jewelry. In the early 1950s, Cavat was an Abstract Expressionist and worked with Willem De Kooning. Her artist residencies included: Yaddo in New York, the McDowell Colony in Maine, the Djerassi Foundation in Northern California, and a Fulbright Grant to Rome, Italy. She lived in Rome from 1955 to 1964 and then moved to Santa Barbara where she was a Professor of Art at UCSB from 1965 to 2000. Upon returning to the U.S. she began to paint figuratively. In 1995, Cavat contributed to the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Sadako Peace Garden in collaboration with landscape architect Isabelle Greene and Nobel laureate in theoretical physics Walter Kohn on the 50th anniversary of the tragedy at Hiroshima. She sojourned in Paris, Provence, Athens, and London - and also traveled to Tiananmen Square in China, the open markets of Morocco, the Taj Mahal in India, as well as parts of Turkey, Japan, Hungary, the Baltic States, and Russia. Cavat exhibited widely. Her first verified exhibition was "Recent Drawings U.S.A." at Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY in 1956, and her most recent exhibition was "View from Here: Santa Barbara Artists in the Permanent Collection" at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA in 2011. Other exhibition venues include: Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY; Arwin Gallery, Detroit, MI; Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Faculty Club Emeritus Show, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA; Academia Americana, Rome, Italy; Gallery Gratticielo, Milano, Italy; Gallery Via Sestina, Rome, Italy; American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Fairtree Gallery, New York, NY; Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY; West Publishing Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; and Sadako Peace Garden, Montecito, CA. Cavat's art has been collected by: Irving Stone, Beverly Hills, CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Mayor Sheila Lodge, Santa Barbara, CA; Cynthia Wood, Montecito, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art; Flint Museum, Michigan; and Detroit Institute of Art. Provenance: ex-private Santa Barbara, California, USA collection 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. #179670
Artemis Gallery
Feb. 07, 2023
Irma Cavat (1928-2020) Reminiscences 27 1/2 x 85 3/4 in. (framed 28 x 86 1/2 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
Irma Cavat (1928-2020) Reminiscences signed 'Cavat' (lower left) and titled on a gallery label (on the stretcher bar) oil on canvas 27 1/2 x 85 3/4 in. framed 28 x 86 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Jun. 23, 2022
IRMA CAVAT (B. 1928): WELL BALANCED PEARS
Est: $100 - $200
oil on canvas; signed lower right; 40 x 30 inches; 41 x 31 inches frame
Abell Auction
Mar. 25, 2022
IRMA CAVAT (AMERICAN 1928-2021) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1964, H 23.5" W 31.5" "LA NOTTE BLANC"
Est: $250 - $450
Reclining female nude, signed lower left. Provenance: The Arwin Galleries, Detroit, MI (label affixed verso)
DuMouchelles
Feb. 25, 2022
IRMA CAVAT (AMERICAN, BORN 1928) OIL ON CANVAS, H 30" W 40" TWO SISTERS
Est: $150 - $300
Signed lower right. Depicting the artist's two daughters, Karina and Nika. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the University of Southern California, Santa Barbara from the artist to the former owner of the property. Provenance: The Arwin Galleries Inc., Detroit, MI.
DuMouchelles
Nov. 12, 2021
IRMA CAVAT (AMERICAN, BORN 1928) OIL ON CANVAS, H 30" W 40" TWO SISTERS
Est: $300 - $500
Signed lower right. Depicting the artist's two daughters, Karina and Nika. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the University of Southern California, Santa Barbara from the artist to the former owner of the property. Provenance: The Arwin Galleries Inc., Detroit, MI.
DuMouchelles
Mar. 21, 2021
IRMA CAVAT (American, b. 1928)
Est: $100 - $200
mother and child oil on canvas overall: 55-1/2 x 38-1/2 in. (framed) Highly impressionistic portrait of a mother seated with child, signed "Cavat" lower left with full signature on stretcher
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 24, 2021
IRMA CAVAT - RED & GREEN STILL LIFE
Est: $400 - $800
Irma Cavat, Oil on Canvas, "Red & Green Still Life", signed Cavat lower right. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, 730 5th Avenue, NY, NY (HOSH186)(MS)
Litchfield Auctions
Oct. 20, 2019
IRMA CAVAT ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1974
Est: $100 - $200
IRMA CAVAT (AMERICAN, B. 1928), ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1974, 31" X 30", "SIX PERSIMMONS IN SEARCH OF A SUNSET" Signed lower right; framed. Arwin Galleries, Detroit label.
DuMouchelles
Mar. 03, 2018
Irma Cavat. "Winter Fruit," oil on canvas
Est: $300 - $500
(American, b. 1928). Signed "Cavat" lr, dated 1960 on verso, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Jul. 30, 2016
IRMA CAVAT | Apple Picture (Los Angeles)
Est: $600 - $800
SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE. Signed 'cavat' (lower right); oil on canvas.
Sotheby's
Jul. 30, 2016
IRMA CAVAT | China: USSR
Est: $600 - $800
SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE. Signed 'cavat' (lower left); signed 'cavat', titled 'China: USSR', and dated '1979' (on the backing board); oil on canvas.
Sotheby's
Jun. 18, 2016
IRMA CAVAT EMBELLISHED LITHOGRAPH
Est: $20 - $50
Irma Cavat hand embellished lithograph signed in plate. Measures 12" (30cm) height by 8" (20cm) width plus 3" (8cm) frame.
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jun. 18, 2016
IRMA CAVAT 1952 PENCIL PASTEL DRAWING ON PAPER
Est: $50 - $100
Irma Cavat pencil/pastel drawing on paper depicting a young woman sitting in the grass. Signed lower left and marked '52 Spain. Measures 11" (28cm) height by 8" (20cm) width plus 3" (8cm).
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jun. 16, 2016
IRMA CAVAT, American (b. 1928), Coffee Cup Still Life, oil on canvas, signed lower right., 40 3/8 x 50 3/8 inches
Est: $500 - $700
IRMA CAVAT American (b. 1928) Coffee Cup Still Life oil on canvas, signed lower right. 40 3/8 x 50 3/8 inches Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York; Corporate Collection, acquired from the above in 1981.
Shannon's
Jun. 16, 2016
IRMA CAVAT, American (b. 1928), Flying Zinneas (Santa Barbara), oil on canvas, signed lower right., 47 5/8 x 39 3/4 inches
Est: $500 - $700
IRMA CAVAT American (b. 1928) Flying Zinneas (Santa Barbara) oil on canvas, signed lower right. 47 5/8 x 39 3/4 inches Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York; Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1981; Property of an American Collection.
Shannon's
Jan. 14, 2016
IRMA CAVAT, American (b. 1928), Flying Zinneas (Santa Barbara), oil on canvas, signed lower right., 47 5/8 x 39 3/4
Est: $700 - $1,000
IRMA CAVAT American (b. 1928) Flying Zinneas (Santa Barbara) oil on canvas, signed lower right. 47 5/8 x 39 3/4 Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York; Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1981; Property of an American Collection.
Shannon's
Jan. 14, 2016
IRMA CAVAT, American (b. 1928), At Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco), oil on canvas, signed lower left., 40 x 50
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
IRMA CAVAT American (b. 1928) At Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco) oil on canvas, signed lower left. 40 x 50 Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York; Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1981; Property of an American Collection.
Shannon's
Jan. 14, 2016
IRMA CAVAT, American (b. 1928), Red, White and Blue, oil on canvas, signed lower left., 40 1/4 x 50 1/4
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
IRMA CAVAT American (b. 1928) Red, White and Blue oil on canvas, signed lower left. 40 1/4 x 50 1/4 Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York; Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1980; Property of an American Collection.
Shannon's
Nov. 19, 2014
Irma Cavat "Interior Still Life", 1979 Painting
Est: $400 - $600
An abstract oil on canvas painting "Interior Still Life" by Irma Cavat. Dated 1979. 41 1/2" H x 41 3/4" W. Excellent condition.
Greenwich Auction
Apr. 21, 2013
IRMA CAVAT [AMERICAN 1928] OIL ON CANVAS 20" X 20" "NIKA DAPPLED"
Est: $200 - $400
IRMA CAVAT [AMERICAN 1928] OIL ON CANVAS 20" X 20" "NIKA DAPPLED":Depicting a young leaning on a wall with a summer landscape in the background. Signed lower right and framed. Arwin Galleries label on verso.
DuMouchelles
Apr. 21, 2013
IRMA CAVAT, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1967, 40" X 30", MAKING THE SCENE
Est: $500 - $1,000
IRMA CAVAT, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1967, 40" X 30", MAKING THE SCENE:Retailed by Arwin Galleries. Signed.Cavat was a native of Brooklyn, New York. She became a professional artist in her early twenties. She studied with Russian sculptor, Alexander Archipenko and modeled for French surrealist painter, Renee Magritte.
DuMouchelles
Apr. 21, 2013
IRMA CAVAT, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1968, 30" X 40", "YET THE STATUES BEND"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
IRMA CAVAT, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 1968, 30" X 40", "YET THE STATUES BEND":Signed. Arwin Gallery label. Title: Yet the Statues Bend sometimes dividing desires in two like a peach". Irma Cavat was a native of Brooklyn, New York. She became a professional artist in her early twenties. She studied with Russian sculptor, Alexander Archipenko and modeled for French surrealist painter, Renee Magritte. As a young artist, she worked with Willem De Kooning and became part of the Abstract Expressionist group, which included Jackson Pollack and Larry Rivers, in the early 1950s. Her awards include residencies at Yaddo in New York, the McDowell Colony in Maine, the Djerassi Foundation in Northern California, and a Fulbright Grant to Rome, Italy. She resided in Rome from 1955 to 1964. Cavat died in 2002.
DuMouchelles
Jun. 18, 2011
IRMA CAVAT "Still Life with Scissors and Blue Vase"
Est: $800 - $1,200
AMERICAN Student of Han Hoffmann from 1964 she won a professor of painting at University of California Santa Barbara. 41 x 41 in ( 104.1 x 104.1 cm) signed lower right , signed additionallly verso Oil on canvas B.1928
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