# Boris  O'Klein artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/boris-o-klein/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:40:12.758Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Common media: Prints, Watercolors, Works on paper

## About Boris  O'Klein

Boris O'Klein is presented in the collected biographical source as a French artist and cartoonist born Arthur “Boris” Klein. He is best known for humorous, anthropomorphic scenes of dogs behaving badly, issued as prints and also encountered as watercolors. These images are commonly grouped under titles such as The Naughty Dogs, The Dirty Dogs, or The Dirty Dogs of Paris. Collectors therefore most often encounter O'Klein through works on paper distinguished by their particular canine episode, physical condition, and signature or other identifying marks. Appraisily's current dataset includes public auction records matched to both Boris O'Klein and Arthur Boris O'Klein. The available source pack does not include an institutional biography, authority record, or catalogue raisonné, however, so dates, training, chronology, and fuller career context should remain unasserted until stronger documentation is collected.

## Common works and media

The collected biography primarily associates O'Klein with humorous prints and watercolors showing anthropomorphic dogs in mischievous situations. Auction and appraisal contexts are therefore likely to involve works on paper identified with The Naughty Dogs, The Dirty Dogs, or The Dirty Dogs of Paris. Medium, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, edition information, and condition should be recorded for each object rather than inferred from the subject alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction data currently reports 10 priced records, covering auction dates from 2013 through 2026 and an observed range of $35 to $500. These figures describe the collected dataset, not a price forecast or a complete market. Appraisal comparisons should account for print versus watercolor, size, condition, restoration or fading, signature and inscriptions, edition information where applicable, attribution confidence, provenance, date, and subject. Comparable public sales are most useful when the work type and condition are genuinely similar. Buyer's premiums, reporting conventions, private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes can also limit direct comparison. A qualified appraisal should examine the object and its supporting documentation.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_O'Klein
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/boris-o-klein/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/boris-o-klein/