Alfred Reth Auction Prices and Value Guide

Alfred Reth auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 508 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Alfred Reth auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Alfred Reth
Source records
508
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Alfred Reth

Alfred Reth (born Alfréd Réth, 1884–1966) was a Hungarian-born painter, sculptor, collagist, and draftsman who became a naturalized French citizen in 1906. Born in Budapest, he left Hungary at nineteen for Italy and settled in Paris by 1905, where exposure to Paul Cézanne's structuring of form and to non-Western art shaped his visual language. He joined the Cubist movement in its Parisian heyday and maintained a studio practice across painting, collage, sculpture, and drawing for much of the twentieth century. Works by Reth are held in institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History.

CubismOil paintingSculptureCollageDrawingAbstract and cubist compositions

Common works and media

Collectors and appraisers may encounter Reth's oil paintings on canvas or panel, often cubist or abstract compositions; paper-based works including collages and drawings; and occasional sculptures. His subject matter is predominantly non-representational or semi-abstract, reflecting his engagement with cubist structure and, in some periods, influences from South Asian visual traditions. Works are typically signed "Reth" or "A. Reth." Editioned prints have not been documented in the available sources.

Market and appraisal context

Alfred Reth's work appears at auction mainly in Impressionist and Modern Art and Post-War and Contemporary Art sales. His output spans oil paintings, collages, sculptures, and works on paper, with early cubist-period compositions likely attracting the strongest collector interest. Valuation should account for medium, date of execution, provenance linking to French or Hungarian collections, condition, and comparability to museum-documented pieces. No published catalogue raisonné was identified, so attribution review against institutional holdings such as MoMA is advisable before appraisal.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil paintings, sculptures, collages, and works on paper are all known
  2. Provenance: works with documented French or Hungarian gallery or collection history may carry added interest
  3. Date and period: cubist-period works from his early Paris years are likely the most sought-after segment
  4. Attribution: works should be compared with documented examples in museum collections such as MoMA

Appraisal caveats

  • No major catalogue raisonné or dedicated monograph was identified in the source pack; auction attribution should reference museum-held comparable works.
  • The RKD records 136 image entries as creator, suggesting a sizable body of work, but no public price-trend data was available in the collected sources.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

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