# Jackson Lee Nesbitt artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:28:36.998Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: American Regionalism
- Common media: Printmaking, Painting, Works on paper

## About Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Jackson Lee Nesbitt (1913–2008) was an American artist identified in library and museum records and described as a printmaker, painter, teacher, and advertising executive. Accounts of his career connect him with American Regionalism and with Thomas Hart Benton, whom Nesbitt regarded as a teacher, mentor, and friend. He retained a Regionalist orientation even as Abstract Expressionism became prominent. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name in connection with prints and works on paper, as well as paintings. Public authority records associate him with titled works including Blooming Mill—Sheffield Steel of Texas, Goin to Town, The Goose, and October Afternoon. Appraisily's auction index contains a substantial body of records matched to his name, allowing comparison among related works while still requiring attention to medium, date, edition details, condition, and attribution. The collected sources establish his identity and lifespan securely, but provide limited institutional biography and no exact birth or death dates.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Nesbitt through prints and other works on paper, as well as paintings associated with his Regionalist practice. Authority records identify works titled Blooming Mill—Sheffield Steel of Texas, Goin to Town, The Goose, and October Afternoon. Auction records also place his name in broader fine-art, mixed-media, sculpture, decorative-art, and edition categories, although the medium and attribution of each individual lot should be verified rather than inferred from its category.

## Market and appraisal context

Jackson Lee Nesbitt has an established record of public auction appearances, particularly among prints, works on paper, and paintings. An appraisal should compare the object with sales sharing its medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and attribution status. For prints, edition information, impressions, signatures, inscriptions, paper condition, and margins may be especially relevant. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and restoration can also affect how closely one sale compares with another. Public realized prices should be checked for differences in fees and reporting conventions. They provide useful evidence, but they do not replace inspection, authentication research, or a current appraisal of the specific object.

## Appraisily data basis

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

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/6619677/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6117220
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33837.html
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jackson-lee-nesbitt/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Lee_Nesbitt