# Franco Albini artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1905-10-17
- Death date: 1977-11-01
- Nationality: Italian
- Movements: Italian Rationalism, Neo-Rationalism
- Common media: Architecture and design

## Portrait

![Franco Albini](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Franco_Albini_1956.jpg)
Mario De Biasi (Mondadori Publishers) · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franco_Albini_1956.jpg

## About Franco Albini

Franco Albini (1905–1977) was an Italian architect and designer associated with Italian Rationalism and Neo-Rationalism. His practice crossed architectural design, furniture, and modern design, and he also taught design at university level. Museum and authority records identify Albini consistently across institutional and library resources, helping collectors distinguish this twentieth-century Italian figure from similarly named makers or designers. Auction and appraisal searches may encounter his name in decorative-art, design-object, edition, and related works-on-paper contexts. For collectors, the key question is often not simply whether an object bears Albini’s name, but how securely it relates to a documented design, production period, manufacturer, or edition. Originality, dating, documentation, and attribution therefore matter when interpreting works associated with his architectural and design practice.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal searches for Franco Albini may include architectural and design-related objects, decorative art, editions, paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture, and mixed-media material. Because Albini is identified primarily as an architect and designer, object type, production date, maker or manufacturer, edition status, and relationship to a documented design are especially important when comparing lots. Each record should be reviewed for condition, provenance, dimensions, and attribution rather than grouped solely by the artist name.

## Market and appraisal context

Franco Albini records appear across broad categories including decorative art and editions, fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, and sculpture or mixed media. Appraisal should begin with close comparables and confirm the object’s medium, dimensions, date or production period, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, edition details, and attribution. Provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, and the quality of the public sale record can also affect interpretation. Appraisily’s available summary indicates substantial recorded activity, but public auction data does not represent every private sale or attribution change. Reported totals may also differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q388683
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500003267
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/845533/
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/7991
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Albini
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Albini
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/franco-albini/