Alvin Loving Auction Prices and Value Guide
Alvin Loving auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 179 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Alvin Loving auction prices: quick answer
Alvin Loving auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Alvin Loving
- Source records
- 179
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Alvin Loving market snapshot
Alvin Loving shows solid auction liquidity with 60 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-18.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (57.7% · 15 sales)
- $10,000+ (42.3% · 11 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $9,450
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 13
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-18
Artist context
About Alvin Loving
Born
1935
Died
2005
Nationality
American
Also known as
Al Loving, Alvin D. Loving, Alvin D. Loving Jr.
Alvin Loving (1935–2005), also known as Al Loving, was an American abstract painter. Public identity records name him as Alvin D. Loving, while the collected biographical summary describes him as an African-American artist associated with Abstract Expressionism and hard-edge abstraction. His work encompassed hard-edge paintings, dyed-fabric compositions, and large paper collages, with complex color relationships connecting these materially different formats. That breadth matters for collectors because works attributed to Loving can vary substantially in appearance and construction. A sharply bounded painting, a fabric-based composition, and a layered paper collage may all belong to his practice while requiring different comparison and condition analysis. Auction and appraisal research should therefore establish the medium, support, construction, and likely date before selecting comparable works. Institutional, authority, and official-site profiles in the current source pack help resolve Loving's public identity, while Appraisily's artist page provides the auction-record context through which collectors may encounter his work.
Abstract ExpressionismHard-edge abstractionPaintingDyed fabric paintingPaper collageColor relationships
Common works and media
Works associated with Alvin Loving include abstract paintings with hard-edge elements, dyed-fabric paintings, and large paper collages. Collectors may therefore encounter conventional stretched or supported paintings as well as materially different fabric and paper constructions. Color relationships are a recurring documented concern, but medium, support, layering, scale, date, and condition should be recorded carefully before an object is compared with auction examples.
Market and appraisal context
Market interpretation should begin by separating Loving's paintings, dyed-fabric works, and paper collages rather than treating every abstract composition as directly comparable. The object's medium, construction, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, and attribution can affect which public sales are relevant, but the current source pack does not contain enough lot-level evidence to characterize price trends or identify a record price. Where auction records are available, comparisons should favor works with similar materials, scale, format, and documented context. Realized prices should also be read alongside each sale's date, auction house, condition information, and lot description rather than used as stand-alone predictions of value.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Abstract paintings
- Works on paper and paper collages
- Dyed-fabric works
Value drivers
- Correctly distinguishing paintings, dyed-fabric works, and paper collages before selecting comparable records
- Matching the work's medium and construction to comparable auction lots
- Reviewing documented sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when record-level data are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no substantive major-auction-house biography or individual lot descriptions.
- The available evidence does not support claims about price trends, record prices, rarity, or future value.
- Exact dates, dimensions, condition, provenance, attribution, and comparable-sale details must be evaluated at the individual-object level.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- National Gallery of Art museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Alvin Loving worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Alvin Loving artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.