# Anthony Quinn artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1915-04-21
- Death date: 2001-06-03
- Nationality: Mexican, American
- Common media: painting, sculpture, drawing, serigraphy, vellum relief

## About Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn (1915–2001) was a Mexican-American actor and visual artist whose creative output spanned film, painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Quinn became one of Hollywood's most recognizable leading men, winning two Academy Awards across a career of more than 100 screen roles. Beyond acting, he maintained a lifelong practice as a painter and sculptor. His visual work explores themes of spirituality, indigenous cultures, and the human figure, and is cataloged by his estate across drawings, paintings, sculptures, and limited-edition prints. The RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History records him as an American sculptor, actor, and painter. His son Lorenzo Quinn is an internationally recognized sculptor. Quinn's artwork has been exhibited internationally and continues to circulate through his estate and at auction.

## Common works and media

Quinn's visual output includes original oil and acrylic paintings, charcoal and ink drawings, bronze and mixed-media sculptures, and limited-edition prints. His estate catalog organizes the work into drawings, paintings, and sculptures, along with published print series comprising serigraphs, vellum-relief editions, and The Great Spirit Portfolio, which includes a Great Spirit Series and a Tribal Series exploring indigenous and spiritual themes. Reproduction posters and books are also available through the estate.

## Market and appraisal context

Anthony Quinn's visual artwork appears regularly at auction, with over 350 recorded lots spanning paintings, drawings, sculptures, and limited-edition prints. Valuation factors include medium and format—original paintings and sculptures tend to carry more weight than serigraphs or vellum-relief multiples—along with edition size, subject matter (particularly works from his Great Spirit Portfolio series), provenance documentation from the artist's estate, condition, and exhibition history. Collectors should note that Quinn's celebrity status means his work is sometimes listed in both fine-art and entertainment-memorabilia categories, and attribution verification is advisable.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This page draws on authority records from VIAF, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Wikidata, the Library of Congress authority file, and the Anthony Quinn Estate official site.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/319036
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/14775572/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83484
- Anthony Quinn Estate: http://www.anthonyquinn.com
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84043616
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Quinn