Martha Cunz Auction Prices and Value Guide

Martha Cunz auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 85 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Martha Cunz
Source records
85
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Martha Cunz

Martha Cunz portrait
Martha Cunz Nutzungsrechtinhaber: Historisches und Völkerkundemuseum St. Gallen · CC BY-SA 3.0 ch · Source

Born

1876

Died

1961

Nationality

Swiss

Also known as

Martha Maria Cunz

Martha Cunz (1876–1961) was a Swiss painter and printmaker born in St. Gallen. Authority records identify her especially with woodcut, while multilingual reference records also describe a practice that included lithography, drawing, and painting. She studied in Munich and Paris; the IdRef authority note names Merson and Lucien Simon among her Paris teachers. Cunz is most often encountered in discussions of the modern color woodcut and its Jugendstil-era, Japanese-influenced context. A linked scholarly publication specifically catalogues her woodcuts within that field, making works on paper central to her documented legacy. Collectors may therefore encounter individual woodcuts and lithographs as well as drawings and paintings. Her identity is anchored across Wikidata, VIAF, IdRef, Getty ULAN, and national-library authority records, supporting reliable cataloguing. The available sources provide little detail about recurring subjects, named series, editions, or individual auction results, so those points require work-specific verification.

Jugendstil-era, Japanese-influenced color woodcut contextWoodcutLithographyDrawingPainting

Common works and media

Martha Cunz is chiefly associated with woodcuts, including color woodcut work connected with the Jugendstil-era interest in Japanese-influenced printmaking. Lithographs, drawings, and paintings may also appear in auction and appraisal contexts. The collected sources do not establish recurring subjects, named series, edition sizes, or a hierarchy among these work types.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming the artist identity and work type: the collected sources document Cunz as a woodcut specialist and also associate her with lithography, drawing, and painting. These categories should not be compared interchangeably. A documented match to the scholarly catalogue of her woodcuts may assist identification, but the present source pack does not establish catalogue status for any particular object. Market analysis should use public auction records that closely match the medium and object type, recording sale dates and realized prices when available. No artist-specific price trend, scarcity claim, premium, or forecast is supported by the collected evidence.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Prints and multiples, especially woodcuts and lithographs
  • Works on paper, including drawings
  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Correct classification of the work type and medium, particularly the distinction among woodcuts, lithographs, drawings, and paintings
  2. Documented correspondence with the published scholarly catalogue of Martha Cunz's woodcuts
  3. Comparable public auction records matched by medium and object type, with sale date and realized price considered when records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no individual lot descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, or edition details, so it does not support an artist-specific price trend or forecast.
  • The source pack does not establish the catalogue status, attribution, condition, provenance, or authenticity of any particular object.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Martha Cunz

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Martha Cunz 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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