# Alvin Loving artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/alvin-loving/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:51:18.346Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Abstract Expressionism, Hard-edge abstraction
- Common media: Painting, Dyed fabric painting, Paper collage

## Portrait

![Alvin Loving](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Al_in_Kerhonkson_studio_2002.jpg)
Mara Kearney · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_in_Kerhonkson_studio_2002.jpg

## About Alvin Loving

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.

## 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.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4738077
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500471170
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/60555968/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86006418
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/44323
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.37952.html
- Alvin Loving: https://www.alvinloving.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_D._Loving
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/alvin-loving/