# Bertram Goodman artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/bertram-goodman/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:45:50.134Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Mural painting, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Bertram Goodman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Archives_of_American_Art_-_Bertram_Goodman_-_2125.jpg/1280px-Archives_of_American_Art_-_Bertram_Goodman_-_2125.jpg)
Sidney M. Friend · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archives_of_American_Art_-_Bertram_Goodman_-_2125.jpg

## About Bertram Goodman

Bertram A. Goodman (1904–1988) was an American artist whose public authority record describes him as an artist, sculptor, and muralist. A surviving Federal Art Project photograph documents him working on a mural at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx, linking his practice to the WPA-era program and to large-scale public art. The photograph identifies imagery concerned with books, printing, and bookbinding, while its metadata preserves two related titles for the project. Collectors may encounter Goodman through artist-specific auction records as well as institutional and library authority files. The available source pack supports a clear core identity and documented mural activity, but it does not provide a full catalogue of his works, exhibition history, or a successfully fetched museum biography. Individual objects should therefore be described from their own inscriptions, medium, dimensions, project associations, and sale documentation rather than assigned a broader movement or style from limited evidence.

## Common works and media

The strongest documented work type in the source pack is mural painting, and Goodman's authority record also identifies him as a sculptor. The collected photograph records a WPA Federal Art Project mural concerned with books, printing, and bookbinding. Other portable work types should be classified from the individual object's medium and documentation rather than inferred from this limited biographical evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

Market interpretation for Bertram Goodman should begin by confirming the object's attribution and work type. The source pack documents mural practice, identifies Goodman as a sculptor, and connects him with the WPA Federal Art Project, but it does not expose detailed auction lots or results. Comparisons should therefore be restricted to records that clearly describe the medium, dimensions, date or project context, subject, sale date, and realized price. A documented relationship to Goodman's Federal Art Project activity may provide useful historical context, but it does not by itself establish market value. No price direction, scarcity claim, or dominant auction category can be supported from the collected material alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For Goodman, the current identity evidence is stronger than the collected lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4895777
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Goodman
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archives_of_American_Art_-_Bertram_Goodman_-_2125.jpg
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500053864
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96038971/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017103609
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/32643
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG142758
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33483.html