# Hans Kleiber artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/hans-kleiber/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:59:23.390Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Intaglio printmaking

## Portrait

![Hans Kleiber](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Kleiber-porch-of-studio-late-1940s-CROPPED-M_20200124155014_00001.jpg/1280px-Kleiber-porch-of-studio-late-1940s-CROPPED-M_20200124155014_00001.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kleiber-porch-of-studio-late-1940s-CROPPED-M_20200124155014_00001.jpg

## About Hans Kleiber

Hans Kleiber (1887–1967) is identified by Wikidata and VIAF as an American painter. The linked authority network connects his identity with records maintained by Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, the German National Library, and ISNI. Collected portrait metadata also describes him as an intaglio artist, suggesting a printmaking practice alongside painting, although that characterization has weaker support than the authority-file identity. The available sources do not establish a movement, school, characteristic subjects, named series, exhibitions, or exact birth and death dates. Collectors may encounter Kleiber through auction indexing, but individual works should be matched carefully to the authority-controlled identity because the pack contains no estate record, catalogue raisonné, or detailed museum biography. The strongest page claims are therefore his verified name, American identification, lifespan, and association with painting, with printmaking presented more cautiously.

## Common works and media

Available authority records identify Kleiber as a painter, and the collected Wikimedia portrait metadata also calls him an intaglio artist. Paintings and intaglio prints are therefore the most defensible work types to surface on the page. The source pack does not document specific subjects, print processes, edition sizes, named series, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, or posters, so those categories should not be asserted without object-level evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected sources establish an artist identity but do not expose lot-level auction descriptions or results. A careful appraisal should therefore begin by matching the signature, date, medium, and object type to the correct Hans Kleiber authority record. The source pack supports painting and, with lower confidence, intaglio printmaking as relevant practices; it does not establish subjects, editions, named series, or a price hierarchy between media. Condition, provenance, edition information, attribution, sale date, and comparable realized prices may be reviewed when documented records are available, but this pack does not support price predictions, market-trend claims, or conclusions about rarity.

## 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 available. For Hans Kleiber, the present public source pack is strongest on identity and remains limited on lot-level market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51316967
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/51306038/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500346210
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kleiber-porch-of-studio-late-1940s-CROPPED-M_20200124155014_00001.jpg