# David Nash artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-nash/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:00:07.612Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Movements: Land art
- Common media: Wood

## About David Nash

David Nash, born in 1945, is a British sculptor whose practice is closely connected with wood, trees, and the natural environment. Based in Blaenau Ffestiniog, he is also associated with land art, a context that helps explain the importance of material, place, and environmental processes within his work. Collectors most commonly encounter his name in relation to sculpture, especially wood-based objects, while his engagement with trees and landscape broadens the context beyond portable studio pieces. Because David Nash is not a uniquely identifying name, authority profiles such as Wikidata and Getty ULAN help match an object or catalogue entry to the British sculptor represented on this page. That identity work matters in auction research: a listing should be evaluated against the artist's documented practice rather than accepted solely because its name matches. Appraisily combines this biographical framework with available auction-result coverage to support more relevant comparisons.

## Common works and media

The source pack most clearly documents sculpture in wood and land-art or environmental work centered on trees and natural settings. It does not establish whether drawings, prints, editions, photographs, or other media are regular auction categories for Nash. Such objects should be classified from their individual catalogue descriptions rather than assumed to represent a standard part of his market.

## Market and appraisal context

A market assessment for a work attributed to David Nash should begin with artist identity, object type, and material. A wood sculpture consistent with his documented practice belongs to a different comparison set from photographs, printed documentation, unrelated objects, or works by another person with the same name. The supplied source pack confirms that Appraisily maintains auction-price coverage for the artist, but it does not include detailed lots or major-auction-house commentary. A defensible appraisal should therefore inspect the underlying catalogue attribution, provenance, condition, dimensions, medium, sale date, and realized price, then select comparable records that genuinely resemble the object being assessed. The available evidence does not support a general price prediction or trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436472
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500009343
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-nash-1688
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nash_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nash
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nash_(K%C3%BCnstler)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-nash/