# George Overbury Hart artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-overbury-hart/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:54:16.722Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Watercolor, Printmaking, Etching, drypoint, and roulette

## Portrait

![George Overbury Hart](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Pop_Hart_-_Happy_days_%28self-portrait%29_LCCN2003666038_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Pop_Hart_-_Happy_days_%28self-portrait%29_LCCN2003666038_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Hart, George Overbury, 1868-1933, artist · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pop_Hart_-_Happy_days_(self-portrait)_LCCN2003666038_(cropped).jpg

## About George Overbury Hart

George Overbury Hart (1868–1933), widely known as Pop Hart, was an American painter, watercolorist, and printmaker active in the early twentieth century. Wikidata, VIAF, Getty, and museum profiles connect his nickname with his full identity, an important point because works and records may be catalogued under either name. Collectors can encounter Hart across paintings, watercolors, prints, and other graphic work rather than through a single medium. A documented self-portrait demonstrates his use of etching, drypoint, and roulette, illustrating the technical variety possible within his printmaking. This breadth makes careful object-level identification important: a painting, watercolor, or print should be evaluated within the appropriate medium and cataloguing context. Appraisily uses the authority-linked identity as the starting point while keeping individual work details and auction records separate, avoiding the assumption that every object associated with Hart is directly comparable.

## Common works and media

Commonly encountered work types include paintings, watercolors, prints, and works on paper. Hart is identified as a painter and printmaker by authority records and as a watercolorist by the collected biographical source. His documented self-portrait uses etching, drypoint, and roulette, showing that a single graphic work may combine printmaking techniques. Catalogue and signature searches should check both George Overbury Hart and Pop Hart.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by separating paintings, watercolors, and prints because each work type calls for its own comparable set. Searches should use both George Overbury Hart and Pop Hart; public catalogues and authority records may index the same artist differently. Where auction records are available, comparisons should retain the auction house, sale date, realized price, work type, and cataloguing context. The present source pack is strong on identity but limited on detailed market history, so it does not support a price trend or forecast. Any valuation should be tied to the specific object and verified comparable lots rather than to an artist-level record count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are publicly available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16029197
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/61822646/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027420
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2519
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Hart
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Hart
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pop_Hart_-_Happy_days_(self-portrait)_LCCN2003666038_(cropped).jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-overbury-hart/