# John Clem Clarke artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-clem-clarke/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:51:05.370Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art

## About John Clem Clarke

John Clem Clarke (1937–2021) was an American painter and graphic artist. Public identity records connect him with major authority and museum systems, while the available biographical summary places him in New York’s SoHo art scene during the 1970s. That context is more securely supported here than any particular movement label, so he should not be assigned to a school without stronger documentation. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings and graphic works, and Appraisily’s artist directory associates it with a substantial body of auction records. Because the source pack offers little detail about recurring imagery, individual series, techniques, or exhibition history, object-level evidence remains essential. Signatures, inscriptions, dates, materials, dimensions, labels, and provenance should be assessed against the work and comparable catalogued examples. Authority links from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, MoMA, and the British Museum help distinguish this artist from other people named John Clarke.

## Common works and media

The collected evidence supports paintings and graphic art as John Clem Clarke’s broad work categories. It does not securely document recurring subjects, named series, specific print editions, or a comprehensive list of techniques. Objects should therefore be described from their physical evidence and cataloguing history rather than assigned to an undocumented series or subject group.

## Market and appraisal context

John Clem Clarke’s market context should be built from like-for-like comparisons rather than a single artist-wide average. The available sources establish two broad practice areas—painting and graphic art—and Appraisily provides an artist auction-record page, but the collected pack does not expose lot-level descriptions, sale dates, estimates, realized prices, condition reports, or provenance. An appraisal should therefore confirm the work type and medium first, then compare records with sufficiently similar dates, dimensions, materials, and attribution language. Edition information also matters if an object is a print or another multiple, although these sources do not document specific editions. No price trend or current value conclusion is supported by this source pack; those require verified comparable sales and object-specific evidence.

## 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. Conclusions remain limited by the quality and detail of the public evidence collected for each artist.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21072290
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clem_Clarke
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500031888
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/58989524/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97034940
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/1134
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG22959
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-clem-clarke/