# Krishna Reddy artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/krishna-reddy/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:38:00.304Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1925-07-15
- Death date: 2018-08-22
- Nationality: Indian
- Common media: Printmaking, Intaglio printmaking, Viscosity printing, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Krishna Reddy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Photo_of_Krishna_Reddy_%28artist%29.jpg)
Krishna Reddy (artist) · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Reddy_(artist)

## About Krishna Reddy

Krishna Reddy (1925–2018) was an Indian printmaker, sculptor, and teacher best known for intaglio and viscosity printing. The collected biographical record identifies Nandanoor, India, as his birthplace and New York as his place of death. His public entity is reinforced by Wikidata and stable authority or museum profiles from Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, MoMA, Tate, the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. Within this source pack, his clearest artistic context is technical rather than movement-based: printmaking, especially viscosity printing, alongside sculpture. Collectors may encounter his name on prints and other graphic works as well as sculpture, although this pack does not document recurring subjects, named series, or a formal movement affiliation. Those distinctions matter because different techniques and object types should not be treated as directly comparable in appraisal research.

## Common works and media

Prints are the most clearly documented work type associated with Krishna Reddy, particularly intaglio works made through viscosity-printing methods. Sculpture is also part of his documented practice and should be researched as a separate category. The collected sources do not establish specific recurring subjects, named series, edition patterns, or other work types with enough confidence to characterize them as common.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal research should first distinguish Reddy’s intaglio and viscosity prints from sculpture because the collected sources identify both practices. For prints, the exact technique and object type should be established before selecting comparables. The available evidence does not support a price trend or scarcity claim. Although Appraisily’s artist page indicates public auction coverage, this source pack contains no lot-level catalogue descriptions, dimensions, edition statements, condition reports, provenance, signatures, sale dates, or realized prices. Those details should be verified for the specific object and compared with closely matched public sales before reaching a value conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629054
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/4836
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/krishna-reddy-27730
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.5320.html
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG143400
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500122632
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96585651/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84206681
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Reddy_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Reddy