# Adolph Alexander Weinman artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:21:20.179Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1870-12-11
- Death date: 1952-08-08
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Sculpture, Architectural sculpture, Medallic art

## Portrait

![Adolph Alexander Weinman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Adolph_Weinman%2C_ca_1905_%28C._Klim-Check%29_-_crop.jpg)
Carl Klim-Check · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolph_Weinman,_ca_1905_(C._Klim-Check)_-_crop.jpg

## About Adolph Alexander Weinman

Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870–1952) was a German-born American sculptor whose authority records consistently identify him as an American artist. English-language biographical material also describes him as an architectural sculptor, while German-language material identifies medal making as part of his practice. These classifications place his name across several collecting contexts: sculpture, architectural sculptural work, and medals or related medallic objects. The available source pack is strongest on identity rather than a detailed career narrative. Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN provide stable entity references, and VIAF connects several library-authority forms of his name. The pack does not establish a particular art movement, recurring subject, or named body of work with substantive institution-grade text, so those details should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter Weinman’s name where sculpture and medallic art overlap, but attribution and object type should be confirmed before auction comparisons are used.

## Common works and media

The collected sources support three broad kinds of work associated with Weinman: sculpture, architectural sculpture, and medals or other medallic objects. They do not provide enough detail to name recurring subjects, specific series, materials, editions, or individual designs. Objects offered under his name should therefore be classified from their own documentation rather than assigned to a particular body of work from this source pack alone.

## Market and appraisal context

The artist input associates 586 auction records with Weinman, but the fetched public page did not provide accessible lot-level evidence in this source pack. That count should therefore be treated as an inventory signal rather than proof of attribution, comparability, or value. For appraisal, the first useful distinction is whether an object belongs to his sculptural, architectural-sculptural, or medallic practice. Comparable public records should then be selected from the same type of work and checked against their original auction-house descriptions and sale dates when those materials are available. The present evidence does not justify a price forecast or market-trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265044
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/4850856/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500090663
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Alexander_Weinman
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Alexander_Weinman
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Weinman
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/adolph-alexander-weinman/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolph_Weinman,_ca_1905_(C._Klim-Check)_-_crop.jpg