# Joe Mathis artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/joe-mathis/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:27:43.624Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Mosaic, Graphic art, Painting

## About Joe Mathis

Joe Mathis is identified in the collected records with the fuller name Josef Johann Mathis. Two Wikimedia Commons documentation pages describe him as a painter and graphic artist who lived from 1913 to 2002, while Wikidata connects the name to a German National Library authority record. The same documentation records a mosaic at Ligusterstrasse 11 in Oerlikon, providing evidence that his practice included architectural or site-specific mosaic work as well as painting and graphic art. The limited source pack does not establish his nationality, training, artistic movement, exhibition history, or a broader catalogue of works. Collectors should therefore distinguish objects securely connected to Josef Johann Mathis from works carrying only the more ambiguous name Joe Mathis. Signatures, inscriptions, provenance, photographs of installed work, and institutional or catalogue references may be especially useful when resolving identity and attribution.

## Common works and media

The available documentation supports painting, graphic art, and mosaic as associated media. A photographed mosaic in Oerlikon is the clearest documented work type in the source pack. Evidence is too limited to characterize recurring subjects, print editions, named series, preferred painting materials, or the relative frequency of works appearing at auction. Any proposed Joe Mathis work should be assessed from its physical medium, signature or inscriptions, dimensions, condition, provenance, and supporting documentation rather than from the name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily market page did not contain matched or priced auction records when fetched, so no defensible median, price range, or market trend can be stated. An appraisal should begin by confirming that a work belongs to Josef Johann Mathis rather than another person with the same name. Relevant comparisons should match the work's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and degree of attribution. Signature and inscription evidence, restoration history, provenance, exhibition references, and any connection to documented architectural commissions can also affect comparability. Public auction results are only a starting point; private sales and incomplete feeds may leave important gaps.

## 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. For Joe Mathis, the collected identity evidence is limited and the fetched market page contained no priced records, so conclusions should remain provisional.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132232179
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1288964595
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/joe-mathis/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Mathis_(Josef_Johann_Mathis)_(1913%E2%80%932002)_Maler,_Grafiker._Mosaik.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Mathis_(Josef_Johann_Mathis)_(1913%E2%80%932002)_Maler,_Grafiker.jpg