Joseph Jacinto Mora Auction Prices and Value Guide
Joseph Jacinto Mora auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 221 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Joseph Jacinto Mora auction prices: quick answer
Joseph Jacinto Mora auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Joseph Jacinto Mora
- Source records
- 221
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Joseph Jacinto Mora
Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876–1947), known professionally as Jo Mora, was a Uruguayan-born American artist whose wide-ranging practice earned him the nickname 'Renaissance Man of the West.' He worked as a painter, sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist, muralist, photographer, and writer, producing work grounded in firsthand experience with cowboys, ranch life, and the cultural landscape of California. Mora immigrated to the United States and spent much of his career documenting the people, animals, and traditions of the American West. His output spans fine art, commercial illustration, pictorial maps, public murals, and published books on Western history. Collectors encounter his work across a broad range of media, from bronze sculptures to pen-and-ink drawings. He is represented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names and the Library of Congress name authority file.
Western American ArtpaintingsculptureillustrationcartooningCowboys and Western lifeCalifornia history and cultureNative American subjects
Common works and media
Jo Mora produced paintings in oil and watercolor, bronze and stone sculptures, pen-and-ink cartoons, commercial illustrations, large-scale murals, photographic prints, and hand-drawn pictorial maps of California and the American West. His illustrated maps — which blend cartography with narrative vignettes of Western life — are among his most recognizable works. He also authored and illustrated books on Western history and culture. Collectors may encounter original drawings, published prints, sculptural editions, and ephemera related to his published output.
Market and appraisal context
Jo Mora's work appears regularly at auction, with over 220 lots recorded. His most collectible pieces tend to be Western-themed bronzes, paintings depicting cowboy and California subjects, and his detailed pictorial maps. Value is influenced by medium, size, subject matter, provenance, condition, and whether the work has documented exhibition or publication history. Illustration art and sculptural works each follow distinct market patterns. Because Mora worked across so many formats, collectors should verify attribution and confirm authenticity through expert review or comparison with established reference material.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- Market data in the source pack is limited to auction-database signals (221 recorded lots); no individual realized-price records were available for citation in this research pass.
- No catalogue raisonné or authenticated oeuvre inventory 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.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
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 Joseph Jacinto Mora 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.
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