# Art Smith artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/art-smith/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:26:07.321Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Mid-20th-century modernist jewelry
- Common media: Jewelry, Earrings, Necklaces

## About Art Smith

Art Smith, also identified as Arthur George Smith, was an American jewelry artist associated with mid-20th-century modernist design. Authority records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, and VIAF distinguish him as a jeweler and artist, while the available biographical source describes training at Cooper Union and New York University and study with jeweler Winifred Mason. He died in 1982, although the collected authorities disagree about his birth year. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with wearable modernist objects, especially necklaces and earrings, as well as in museum, design-history, and auction contexts. Because “Art Smith” is a common name, reliable identification depends on matching an object’s form, documentation, and attribution to the jewelry artist represented by the linked authority records. The available evidence supports his importance within modernist jewelry, but more institution-grade biographical material would be needed to state a complete chronology with high confidence.

## Common works and media

The collected authority data identifies jewelry as Art Smith’s principal field and specifically associates his record with necklaces and earrings. These wearable objects are therefore the clearest work types for identity matching and auction categorization in the present evidence. The source pack does not establish a complete list of materials, techniques, named designs, series, or edition practices, so objects outside these categories require additional research and careful attribution.

## Market and appraisal context

Art Smith objects should be evaluated as jewelry rather than treated like editioned prints or conventional paintings. Relevant comparisons should begin with the same object type, such as necklaces or earrings, and should confirm that the attribution refers to the American modernist jeweler. Public auction records can provide context when their descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, and object characteristics are available. This source pack does not include detailed lot records, however, so it cannot support a price forecast or claims about market direction. A defensible appraisal would also need direct examination and documentation of the particular object, including any facts not established here, before selecting comparable sales or reaching a value conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available; this profile distinguishes confirmed authority data from details that remain unresolved.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21136215
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500122193
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/68741936/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Smith_(jeweler)
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008079666
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/art-smith/