Bruno Cassinari Auction Prices and Value Guide

Bruno Cassinari auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 521 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Bruno Cassinari
Source records
521
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Bruno Cassinari

Bruno Cassinari (1912–1992) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and graphic artist whose work merged cubist structure with expressionist energy. Active from the late 1920s through the mid-1980s, Cassinari worked across a remarkably broad range of media—including oil painting, sculpture, glass, printmaking, illustration, and drawing. His versatile practice is documented in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) and confirmed by multiple international library authority files including VIAF and the Library of Congress. Works by Cassinari are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and he is catalogued in standard scholarly references including Bénézit's Dictionary of Artists and the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. With over 500 documented auction appearances, Cassinari's work appears regularly in the international art market.

CubismExpressionismpaintingsculptureglass artprintmaking / graphic art

Common works and media

Collectors and appraisers most frequently encounter Cassinari's oil paintings on canvas and panel, often figurative compositions reflecting his cubist-expressionist synthesis. Sculptures in bronze and other materials also appear at auction, along with graphic works such as lithographs and etchings. Glass designs, illustrations, and preparatory drawings round out the range of media that may surface in appraisal contexts. Works span his long career from the late 1920s to the mid-1980s.

Market and appraisal context

Bruno Cassinari's work appears frequently at auction, spanning paintings, sculptures, works on paper, prints, and glass designs. When evaluating a Cassinari work for appraisal, key factors include the specific medium, date of execution, dimensions, subject matter, provenance chain, and condition. His institutional presence—particularly representation at MoMA—provides a baseline of scholarly recognition. Published entries in Bénézit and the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon offer attribution benchmarks. No single catalogue raisonné is referenced in the available sources, so provenance documentation and expert connoisseurship remain especially important for authentication.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No catalogue raisonné or dedicated estate source was identified in the collected sources; attribution should be verified against published scholarly references such as Bénézit and Saur/Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon.
  • Market context is inferred from the artist's documented mediums, museum representation, and the 521 auction records in the Appraisily dataset; specific price trends are not claimed.

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

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Bruno Cassinari 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 Bruno Cassinari artwork?

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