# Josef Presser artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/josef-presser/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:11:13.441Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Josef Presser](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Photo_of_Josef_Presser.jpg)
Josef Presser · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Presser

## About Josef Presser

Josef Presser was a Polish-born American painter whose dates are commonly presented as 1907–1967. Library authority records agree on 1967 as the year of death but preserve conflicting birth years, so the exact birth chronology remains unsettled. Public institutional records for Presser are maintained by the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art, while Wikidata and VIAF connect his identity across international authority systems. The collected sources do not provide reliable evidence for assigning him to a named movement or school, and this page therefore avoids such a label. Collectors may encounter his name through paintings and through auction records classified more broadly as works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Those auction categories should be treated as discovery groupings rather than a definitive catalogue of his oeuvre. Identity, medium, date, provenance, condition, and attribution should be checked for each object.

## Common works and media

Appraisily's matched auction records group Presser-related lots under fine art and paintings; works on paper and prints; sculpture and mixed media; and decorative art and editions. Because the source page describes category concentration as broad or sparse, these labels do not establish how frequently Presser worked in each form. For appraisal, identify the actual medium, support, dimensions, date, subject, signature or inscriptions, edition status where relevant, and any restoration before selecting comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily market index shows public auction activity under Presser's name across several broad categories. A useful comparison starts with works that align in medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, signature or inscriptions, and attribution status. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, restoration, surface quality, and edition information can materially affect whether two lots are truly comparable. Recent realized sales provide context, but reported totals may handle buyer's premiums and fees differently. The record set may omit private transactions and incomplete feeds, while later attribution changes can alter interpretation. No single median or isolated result should be treated as a prediction of value; appraisal requires object-specific evidence and appropriately matched public comparables.

## Appraisily data basis

This page combines artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22241026
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/51160908/
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/62509
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.35075.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Presser
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/josef-presser/