Aba Bayefsky

Canadian (1923 - 2001)

Aba Bayefsky was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Aba Bayefsky's estimated art value is C$2,000 (*)

Aba Bayefsky's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$500 - C$10,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Aba Bayefsky (1923-2001) was C$6,600 - paid for "Christmas Cactus" at Waddington's in Toronto on Mon, Nov 20, 2017.
ArtValue.ca has 50 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$500 to C$10,000.

Christmas Cactus
oil on canvas
Dimensions - 100.3 cms x 80 cms (39.5 ins x 31.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 31
Mon, Nov 20, 2017

Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for CAD $6,600

Man in the Market
watercolour on paper
Dimensions - 1,947 cms (766.54 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 36629
Tue, Feb 23, 2021

Sold for CAD $300

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Aba Bayefsky was born in Toronto in 1923. As a child, the artist enrolled in children's art classes at the Art Gallery of Toronto (later the Art Gallery of Ontario), a program under the directorship of Arthur Lismer of the Group of Seven. At the age of 15 Bayefsky transferred to Central Technical School, where he began to study art full-time. Bayefsky's teachers at Central Tech included the Canadian artists Carl Schaefer, Peter Haworth and Charles Goldhamer.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top oil painting sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
This information is not intended to substitute professional advice.
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