# Nathan Wasserberger artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/nathan-wasserberger/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:16:18.111Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Polish
- Common media: Painting, Portrait painting

## About Nathan Wasserberger

Nathan Wasserberger (1928–2013) was a Polish Jewish painter known principally for portraiture and figurative subjects. Originally from Chrzanów, Poland, he survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the United States in 1946 or 1947. Available biographical material highlights portraits, nudes, and depictions of women wearing kimono as recurring parts of his work. His archival footprint reportedly includes photographs of the artist and his paintings in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Archives and Special Collections, although the collected source pack documents that holding only through a secondary reference. Collectors encounter Wasserberger primarily as a painter, while auction records also place works under broader categories that can include works on paper, prints, mixed media, and editions. Those category assignments require confirmation against individual lot descriptions. The available sources do not establish a specific artistic movement or school. Useful identity anchors include his 1928–2013 lifespan, Polish origin, American emigration, and emphasis on portrait and figurative painting.

## Common works and media

The best-supported work type is painting, particularly portraits and figurative compositions. Documented subjects include nudes and women depicted in kimono. Appraisily's auction index also assigns records to broader categories such as works on paper, prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, but these labels should not be treated as proof that every attributed lot is characteristic of Wasserberger's established practice. Medium, support, signature, inscriptions, dimensions, edition status, and attribution should be checked at the object level.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public auction data currently covers sales dated from 2004 through 2025, with 119 records and 72 priced records in the cited dataset. These results provide comparison evidence rather than a stand-alone valuation. A credible appraisal should prioritize lots matching the object in medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, attribution, and provenance. Signatures, inscriptions, restoration, surface quality, exhibition history, catalogue references, and edition information may also affect comparability. Reported prices should be normalized where possible because auction totals may treat buyer's premiums and fees differently. Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear in the public record.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52385268
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Wasserberger
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/nathan-wasserberger/