# Joan Josep Tharrats artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-13T05:30:00.000Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1918-03-05
- Death date: 2001-07-04
- Nationality: Spanish, Catalan
- Common media: painting

## About Joan Josep Tharrats

Joan Josep Tharrats i Vidal (1918–2001) was a Spanish Catalan painter, art theorist, and publisher whose career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. Active in post-war Catalonia, Tharrats worked across painting and theoretical writing, contributing to the period's renewed artistic dialogue. His work is held by major international institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Tate in London, underscoring his significance within post-war European art. Tharrats is documented in leading reference publications such as Bénézit's Dictionnaire and Vollmer's Allgemeines Lexikon, and his identity is established across Getty's Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), and the Library of Congress name authority file. Collectors most often encounter his work at auction in the context of post-war Spanish and Catalan painting.

## Common works and media

Tharrats is principally known as a painter. Works encountered at auction and in private collections include paintings on canvas and panel, works on paper, and prints. The RKD records him as a male Spanish painter, and the Appraisily/Invaluable database lists 379 lots attributed to him or his circle, suggesting a mix of original paintings and editioned works. Collectors should verify medium, signature, and date, and cross-reference against cataloguing in Bénézit or Vollmer when assessing attribution.

## Market and appraisal context

Tharrats's auction profile is substantial, with hundreds of recorded lots appearing in the Appraisily/Invaluable database. His institutional presence—works held by MoMA and Tate—provides a strong provenance anchor that supports collector confidence. When appraising a Tharrats work, key factors include the medium (painting, print, or work on paper), date of execution, dimensions, condition, exhibition history, and documented provenance. Works from recognized periods of his career and those with gallery or estate provenance tend to carry stronger market interest. Consult comparable public auction records for specific price guidance.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured artist identity research from museum records, library authority files, and scholarly reference works with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Joan Josep Tharrats, identity data is sourced from MoMA, Tate, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and the Library of Congress. Market observations draw from the Appraisily/Invaluable auction lot database and published reference catalogues.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4892330
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115674
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/46818303/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82075263
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/5844
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joan-josep-tharrats-2031
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/76970