# Chaim Gross artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Wood sculpture, Bronze sculpture, Stone sculpture, Drawing, Lithography, Engraving

## Portrait

![Chaim Gross](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Portrait_of_Chaim_Gross_LCCN2004662967_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Carl Van Vechten · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Chaim_Gross_LCCN2004662967_(cropped).jpg

## About Chaim Gross

Chaim Gross (1904–1991) was an American sculptor, artist, and educator whose career became closely associated with New York. Of Hungarian Jewish origin, he immigrated to the United States in 1921 and studied and later taught at the Educational Alliance Art School on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Gross is especially associated with direct carving in wood, while records also document sculpture in stone and bronze, drawing, lithography, and engraving. His figurative vocabulary frequently included acrobats, dancers, and family groups—subjects that allowed him to explore balance, movement, intimacy, and compact sculptural form. Collectors may encounter both unique sculptures and works on paper or in editions, making correct identification of medium and format important. Gross has stable records in major museum and library systems, including the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and national-library authority files, which help distinguish his work and identity across collections and auction catalogues.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter carved wood figures, bronze or stone sculpture, drawings, lithographs, engravings, and other works on paper by Chaim Gross. Figurative subjects reported in the source record include acrobats, dancers, and family groups. Auction listings also place his work within sculpture and mixed media, prints and works on paper, decorative art and editions, and broader fine-art categories. Because unique carvings, casts, drawings, and editioned works are not directly interchangeable, the medium, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, edition details, date, and condition should be established before selecting comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Chaim Gross appears at auction across sculpture, works on paper, prints, mixed media, decorative objects, and editions. A useful appraisal comparison should match the object as closely as possible by medium, dimensions, date, subject, edition status, and attribution. For sculpture, material, surface quality, casting or carving details, condition, and restoration history deserve particular attention. For prints and other multiples, edition information, inscriptions, signature, and sheet condition may affect comparability. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and recent public results for genuinely similar works provide additional context. Public auction data should not be treated as a price guarantee: private transactions may be absent, reporting conventions can differ, and object-specific authentication or condition findings can substantially change a valuation conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4976935
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/071366288
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2364
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.25857.html
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500033064
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/74125964/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Gross
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Gross
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/chaim-gross/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Chaim_Gross_LCCN2004662967_(cropped).jpg