# Arthur Morris Cohen artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-morris-cohen/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:18:11.197Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## About Arthur Morris Cohen

Arthur Morris Cohen (1928–2012), also identified in authority records as Arthur Cohen, was an American painter and graphic artist. VIAF connects the full name with Getty and Library of Congress authority records, while Wikidata independently identifies an artist born in 1928. The available source pack does not document a particular movement, school, teaching career, or detailed exhibition history, so those associations should not be inferred. Collectors encounter Cohen through public-auction listings grouped under paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These are broad market-index categories rather than a catalogue of confirmed output, and individual objects require examination of their medium, signature, inscriptions, date, and provenance. Because the public biographical record collected here is concise, reliable identification depends on matching the artist's full name and authority identifiers with object-level evidence.

## Common works and media

Auction-index categories associated with Arthur Morris Cohen include paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Painting is the best-supported medium because authority records identify him as a painter; Wikidata also describes him as a graphic artist. The broader categories have thinner artist-specific support and should be verified against each object's materials, construction, signature, inscriptions, and edition details.

## Market and appraisal context

Available Appraisily records place works attributed to Arthur Morris Cohen in several broad auction categories and cover both priced and unpriced public results. An appraisal should compare an object with sales sharing its medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and attribution status rather than treating an overall artist result as a prediction. Signatures, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, restoration, and surface quality may all affect comparability. Reported totals can also differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees. Public auction data is therefore useful as market evidence, but it does not capture every private transaction, attribution revision, or condition issue.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Record coverage may be incomplete and should be interpreted alongside attribution, provenance, condition, and object-specific evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96483720/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94298689
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/arthur-morris-cohen/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00028340