# Larry Fink artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/larry-fink/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:08:19.045Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1941-03-11
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Black-and-white photography

## About Larry Fink

Larry Fink (1941–2023), also identified as Laurence Bruce Fink, was an American photographer and educator known for black-and-white photographs of people at parties and in other social situations. His pictures are associated with sustained observation of social behavior: gestures, expressions, proximity, and interactions become central elements of the image. Collectors encounter his work primarily within photography contexts, where the photographer’s identity must be distinguished from that of the similarly named finance executive. Fink’s identity is supported by linked records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Museum of Modern Art, and the National Gallery of Art. These authority records help connect variant names and institutional references to the correct artist. The available source pack supports his basic identity and characteristic subject matter, but it does not provide enough scholarly detail to assign a formal movement or reproduce a complete chronology of exhibitions, teaching appointments, or photographic series.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction contexts are most likely to be photographs, especially black-and-white images centered on people at parties or in other social situations. The available sources do not establish a complete list of series, photographic processes, edition practices, or other work types, so those details should be verified directly from the object and its documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Larry Fink’s works should be assessed as photographs, with the photographer’s identity established before comparisons are selected. The collected evidence supports his association with black-and-white images of parties and social encounters, but it does not provide lot-level results, edition details, print processes, or a major auction-house market analysis. Appraisal should therefore rely on documented records for the individual object and genuinely comparable public sales rather than an unsupported general price trend. Relevant records should be checked for creator attribution, image and print dates, medium, dimensions, inscriptions, edition information, condition, provenance, and the comparability of subject matter, but this source pack does not establish how strongly any one factor affects value.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6490307
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/79139677/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500059582
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Fink_(photographer)
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/1877
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.39022.html
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/larry-fink/