# Ben Quilty artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-quilty/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:40:17.585Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Editions

## Portrait

![Ben Quilty](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Ben_Quilty_and_Dog_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ben_Quilty_and_Dog_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Quilty_and_Dog_(cropped).jpg

## About Ben Quilty

Ben Quilty (born 1973) is an Australian painter, artist, and social commentator. His identity is supported by Wikidata and corroborated by the collected Wikipedia profile, while established authority links connect his name to VIAF and the Library of Congress. The available evidence identifies painting as his principal practice but does not establish a specific art movement or a precise birth date. Collectors encounter Quilty through public auction records that include fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These labels describe the categories applied to auction lots rather than a complete catalogue of his work. For appraisal purposes, an object should be matched with documented examples by medium, dimensions, date, condition, inscriptions or edition details, provenance, exhibition history, and subject matter rather than assessed from the artist's name alone.

## Common works and media

Collected auction data groups Ben Quilty lots under fine art and paintings; works on paper and prints; sculpture and mixed media; and decorative art and editions. These headings are broad and may combine distinct object types. For a specific work, document its support, medium, dimensions, surface, signature or inscriptions, edition number where relevant, and condition before selecting comparables. The source pack does not provide a catalogue raisonné or an institution-level breakdown of named series, so no series claims are made here.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction index provides a starting set of Ben Quilty sales and comparable lots. Reported results should be compared on a like-for-like basis because auction reporting may differ in its treatment of buyer premiums and fees. Relevant appraisal factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature or inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, rarity, and recent sales of similar works. A median, observed range, or individual result is not a price prediction. Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, changing attributions, and differences between apparently similar objects may materially limit direct comparisons.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886319
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Quilty
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/171923615/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011066432
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ben-quilty/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Quilty_and_Dog_(cropped).jpg