# Otto Gutfreund artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:59:42.186Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Czech
- Movements: Cubism, Czech Cubism
- Common media: Sculpture, Polychrome ceramic figures, Architectural decoration

## Portrait

![Otto Gutfreund](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Otto_Gutfreud_legionnaire.jpg)
Anonymous Unknown author , uploader: Diligent · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_Gutfreud_legionnaire.jpg

## About Otto Gutfreund

Otto Gutfreund (1889–1927) was a Czech sculptor associated especially with Czech Cubism. After studying art in Prague and Paris, he developed a Cubist sculptural approach during the 1910s. Following the First World War, his practice moved toward a more realistic mode. His later output included small polychrome ceramic figures and architectural decoration, widening the range of objects through which collectors may encounter his work. Gutfreund’s relatively short career therefore spans materially and stylistically distinct phases: early Cubist sculpture, postwar realist work, and later decorative or ceramic production. For appraisal and cataloguing, an object’s medium, date, and relationship to these phases should be considered rather than treating every work under a single stylistic label. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN help establish his identity and distinguish him from similarly named artists.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Gutfreund’s sculpture from Cubist and realist phases, small polychrome ceramic figures, and works related to architectural decoration. The collected source pack does not establish recurring titles, specific edition structures, foundry information, or a documented print market, so those details should be verified object by object.

## Market and appraisal context

Works connected with Otto Gutfreund may require comparison across distinct categories, including sculpture, small polychrome ceramic figures, and architectural or decorative work. Date and stylistic phase are especially relevant because the available biography distinguishes his 1910s Cubist production from a more realistic postwar period. Comparisons should therefore use records that align with the object’s documented medium, type, date, and style. The collected sources do not provide a major-auction-house result analysis or a lot-level breakdown by medium, so they do not justify predictions about price direction, rarity, or category premiums. Realized prices should be interpreted through closely comparable public sales when those records are available.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381971
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/30334815/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002163
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Gutfreund
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Gutfreund