# Ker Xavier Roussel artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:54:09.654Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Movements: Les Nabis
- Common media: Painting, Engraving, Lithography, Illustration and graphic design, Posters and theatrical programs

## Portrait

![Ker Xavier Roussel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Ker-Xavier_Roussel%2C1899.jpg)
Louis-Alfred Natanson · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ker-Xavier_Roussel,1899.jpg

## About Ker Xavier Roussel

Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944) was a French painter and graphic artist associated with Les Nabis, the late nineteenth-century group known for moving beyond straightforward naturalistic representation. Authority records identify him not only as a painter but also as an engraver, illustrator, and lithographer. This breadth helps explain why collectors may encounter his name on objects ranging from paintings and original prints to posters, illustrations, and theatrical programs. Museum and library profiles provide stable identity records under both “Ker Xavier Roussel” and the hyphenated form “Ker-Xavier Roussel,” which is useful when researching signatures, catalogues, and sale listings. His documented graphic work includes performance-related material from the 1890s, while institutional collection profiles place him within the broader history of modern French art. Because his output spans several formats, identifying the object type and its relationship to an original design is an important first step in researching a work attributed to Roussel.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Roussel’s name may include paintings, engravings, lithographs, illustrations, posters, and theatrical program designs. The collected authority record specifically connects him with artist, engraver, illustrator, and lithographer roles and lists performance-related graphic material from the 1890s. Graphic works therefore require careful identification of format, printing state, lettering, and whether the object is an original impression, a published design, or a later reproduction. The source pack does not provide enough evidence to characterize recurring subjects or named series.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first establish whether a Roussel-related object is a painting, engraving, lithograph, illustration, poster, or theatrical program. Authority records document these different formats and also identify proof or lettering variants for some graphic material. For prints and programs, edition or state information and the distinction between an original impression and a later reproduction should be recorded before comparable sales are selected. Date, dimensions, inscriptions, signature, condition, provenance, and catalogued attribution should also be checked, although the collected sources do not establish artist-specific premiums for these factors. Public auction results are most useful when comparisons remain within the same medium and work category rather than being treated as a single artist-wide price benchmark.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity and authority records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Comparisons should be matched by medium, format, attribution, and cataloguing details.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533859
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/031776566
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/5058
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500025651
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/17286652/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker-Xavier_Roussel
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker-Xavier_Roussel
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker-Xavier_Roussel
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ker-xavier-roussel/