# Emil Zbinden artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/emil-zbinden/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:03:03.635Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swiss
- Common media: Drawing, Woodcut and xylography, Painting

## About Emil Zbinden

Emil Zbinden (1908–1991) was a Swiss artist whose documented practices included drawing, xylography—woodcut image making—and painting. Authority data identifies him as an artist and draughtsperson, while the collected German-language biographical source describes him more specifically as a draughtsperson, woodcutter, and painter. These roles provide the clearest available framework for understanding his work: collectors may encounter works on paper, woodcut impressions, and paintings carrying his name. Appraisily's input records 210 auction entries for Zbinden, indicating a meaningful body of market material to examine, although the supplied source pack does not expose the individual lot descriptions or results. No well-supported movement, recurring subject, or named series was established from the collected evidence, so those classifications should remain open rather than be inferred.

## Common works and media

Public identity sources describe Zbinden as a draughtsperson, xylographer or woodcutter, and painter. Auction and appraisal searches may therefore encounter drawings and other works on paper, woodcut or xylographic impressions, and paintings. The collected evidence does not establish recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, or a hierarchy among these work types.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's input indicates 210 indexed auction records associated with Emil Zbinden. The collected identity sources support separating potential comparables by work type and medium, especially among drawings, woodcuts or other xylographic prints, and paintings. When detailed records are available, sale date, realized price, and similarity of medium can help organize comparable lots. This source pack does not include the underlying lot descriptions, condition reports, dimensions, provenance, edition details, or price results, however. It therefore cannot support a price forecast, a market trend, or a claim that one category consistently commands more than another. Individual appraisal requires examination of the specific object and relevant comparable records.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For Emil Zbinden, the present source pack supports basic identity and medium classifications, while detailed market evidence remains limited.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337032
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500028273
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/37713492/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82254342
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Zbinden
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/emil-zbinden/