# Clara Porges artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/clara-porges/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:32:17.232Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting

## About Clara Porges

Clara Porges (1879–1963), born Clara Sommer, was a German painter described in the available biographical record as a modern-era artist. A German-language reference states that she lived in Switzerland from 1918, giving her career both German and Swiss context without establishing a more specific movement or school. Public authority records consistently identify her by name and life years, while the collected sources provide little detail about her training, exhibitions, or individual works. Collectors are most likely to encounter Porges through paintings and auction records indexed under her name. Appraisily currently matches records spanning 2002–2025, but those records should be treated as object-level evidence rather than a substitute for a catalogue raisonné. Signatures, inscriptions, medium, date, provenance, and the precise attribution attached to a lot remain important when distinguishing documented works from loosely matched or incompletely described material.

## Common works and media

Paintings are the most securely supported work type in the collected identity sources. The matched auction page also organizes records under works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because those categories are broad, they should not be read as a definitive catalogue of Porges's practice. Any proposed work should be evaluated from its actual medium, support, dimensions, subject, signature or inscriptions, condition, provenance, and attribution wording.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's current index contains 73 matched records, including 65 with prices, across 2002–2025. The observed results range from $1,610 to $100,000, with a reported median near $18,000. These figures describe the available public record, not a forecast or a price for a specific object. Comparison should focus on lots with similar medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration history, subject, provenance, catalogue history, signatures, and attribution confidence. Reported totals may not be directly comparable when buyer's premiums or fees differ. Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may also affect the record. A defensible appraisal therefore checks the underlying lot descriptions and images and gives greatest weight to recent, genuinely comparable public sales.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Broad category matches and incomplete public records are reviewed cautiously and do not replace object-specific authentication, condition assessment, or appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3679093
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/193061392
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/204160
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Porges
- Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Porges
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/clara-porges/