# Otakar Kubín artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:50:19.574Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1883-10-22
- Death date: 1969-10-07
- Nationality: Czech, French
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking and engraving, Sculpture, Illustration

## Portrait

![Otakar Kubín](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Otakar_Kub%C3%ADn_%281883-1969%29.jpg)
Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otakar_Kub%C3%ADn_(1883-1969).jpg

## About Otakar Kubín

Otakar Kubín (1883–1969), also widely catalogued as Othon Coubine, was a Czech painter, printmaker, sculptor, and illustrator who became a naturalized French citizen in 1926. Museum and library authority records connect both names to the same artist, an important point when matching works, catalogues, and sale records. He worked across painting, graphic art, sculpture, engraving, and book illustration. The collected sources do not establish a single movement or school strongly enough to label him here, so this profile emphasizes documented identity and media rather than assigning a style. Collectors may encounter his work under French and Czech name forms, especially Othon Coubine, Otakar Kubín, and variant spellings. That naming history matters when researching inscriptions, exhibition references, bibliographic records, and auction results. Appraisily’s auction archive contains records associated with this public artist entity, providing a starting point for comparing like with like while keeping attribution and object-level evidence separate from biography.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in catalogues and appraisal contexts may include paintings, prints and engravings, sculpture, and illustrated material. Authority records document Kubín as a painter, printmaker or engraver, sculptor, and illustrator. Because the source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, or artist-specific material preferences, those details should be determined from the individual object and its documentation rather than inferred from the artist name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Researching Kubín’s market begins with identity matching because catalogues and sale records may use either Otakar Kubín or Othon Coubine. Paintings, prints or engravings, and sculptures should be assessed within their respective categories; results from one medium may not provide meaningful comparisons for another. When relevant records are available, sale date, realized price, auction-house description, and the similarity of the comparable object should be reviewed together. The supplied sources do not justify predictions about price direction, scarcity, or demand. They also do not replace inspection of the individual object or independent attribution research. Auction results are therefore best treated as historical comparison evidence rather than a guarantee of authenticity or current value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Source strength varies by claim, so identity evidence and object-level market evidence are kept distinct.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/077317912
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/61821693/
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/1268
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1342949
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500012963
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/otakar-kubin/