# Jim Shaw artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jim-shaw/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:21:06.344Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Conceptual art, Contemporary art
- Common media: Painting, Drawing and works on paper

## About Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw (born 1952) is an American artist and musician whose authority records identify him as a painter, draftsman, and conceptual artist. That combination places his practice in a contemporary conceptual-art context while also indicating that works may appear in traditional auction categories such as painting and works on paper. Public records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of Modern Art help distinguish him from other people with the same name. Wikipedia reports that his work is held by the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, although the collected museum material was not sufficient to verify both collection claims independently. For collectors, the name alone is not a secure attribution. An object should be matched through its medium, date, inscriptions, provenance, documentation, and relationship to the established identity of the American artist born in 1952.

## Common works and media

Authority records identify Jim Shaw as a painter, draftsman, and conceptual artist. Paintings and drawings or other works on paper are therefore the clearest supported work types for auction and appraisal research. The source pack does not provide sufficient evidence to characterize recurring subjects, named series, sculptures, prints, editions, ceramics, or posters as common parts of his market.

## Market and appraisal context

The source pack confirms an Appraisily auction-price page for Jim Shaw and identifies painting and drawing as relevant work types, but it does not provide lot-level descriptions, price ranges, condition reports, edition details, or provenance. An appraisal should begin by confirming that the object belongs to the American artist born in 1952 rather than another person named Jim Shaw. Medium and work type can then be aligned with comparable public auction records, including their sale dates and realized prices when available. Condition, dimensions, date, inscriptions, provenance, and edition status remain important object-level questions, but this research does not support artist-specific conclusions about their price impact. No price forecast is warranted from the supplied evidence alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity and market evidence should be reviewed together before drawing attribution or valuation conclusions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6198060
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/8200490/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500056898
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97010030
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/7968
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Shaw_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Shaw_(artiste)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jim-shaw/