# Carroll Thayer Berry artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T11:34:00Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Woodcuts and other works on paper or prints, Paintings

## About Carroll Thayer Berry

Carroll Thayer Berry (1886–1978) was an American artist and woodcutter whose identity and life years are consistently documented in Wikidata, VIAF, IdRef, and the National Gallery of Art's artist database. Public biographical material closely associates Berry with Maine and describes his work in the broader visual context of New England, particularly its seacoast. Titles preserved in authority records—including subjects related to Camden Harbor, a Maine lobsterman, and Mount Katahdin—reinforce that regional emphasis. Berry is also reported to have served in an early United States camouflage assignment during World War I, although that detail is supported here by a secondary biographical source rather than an institutional record. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with woodcuts, prints, works on paper, paintings, and images of Maine scenery or coastal life. Attribution should still be assessed from the individual object's medium, signature, inscriptions, condition, provenance, and catalogue history.

## Common works and media

Authority data identifies Berry as a woodcutter, making woodcuts, prints, and related works on paper an important identification context. Recorded titles point to Maine harbors, coastal scenery, lobstermen, and inland landscapes such as Mount Katahdin. Auction matches also appear under paintings and broader categories such as mixed media, decorative art, and editions, but those classifications are not equally well supported by the biographical sources and should be verified lot by lot.

## Market and appraisal context

Carroll Thayer Berry's public auction record includes works indexed under paintings, works on paper and prints, and several broader categories. Those category labels are useful for discovery but should not replace examination of the individual lot. Appraisal comparisons are strongest when the candidate work and prior sales share a medium, dimensions, date or period, subject, condition, and similar attribution language. Signatures, inscriptions, edition information, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect relevance. Realized prices should be compared on a like-for-like basis because reporting practices may differ and some results may include buyer's premiums or other fees. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear in public auction data.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33186.html
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/1387050/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5046621
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/080829244
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/carroll-thayer-berry/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Thayer_Berry