# Richard Hamilton artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T08:07:24.622Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British, English
- Movements: Pop art, Independent Group context
- Common media: Painting, Collage, Printmaking and graphic works, Sculpture and installation

## Portrait

![Richard Hamilton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Richard_Hamilton_interviewed_at_MACBA.png)
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## About Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton (1922–2011) was a British and English painter, collage artist, printmaker, draughtsman, sculptor, and installation artist. He is closely associated with the development of British Pop art and with the Independent Group context in London. Hamilton worked across painting, collage, graphic works, sculpture, and installation, often examining modern consumer culture, domestic imagery, technology, machines, and mass-media design. His 1955 exhibition Man, Machine and Motion and his contribution to the 1956 This Is Tomorrow exhibition are important reference points in accounts of early Pop art. Hamilton also produced extensive printmaking and illustrated James Joyce's Ulysses. Collectors encounter his work in museums, galleries, editions, works on paper, paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media sales. Appraisal depends on identifying the medium, date, edition or unique-work status, condition, provenance, and attribution.

## Common works and media

Common auction and appraisal contexts for Richard Hamilton include paintings, collages, prints and other graphic works, drawings, editions, sculpture, installations, and mixed-media pieces. His catalogue includes work connected with consumer imagery, domestic interiors, machines, motion, mass media, and literary illustration. Edition number, printing or publication details, image size, paper condition, signature, provenance, and catalogue references are especially relevant for graphic works and multiples. Unique paintings, collages, sculptures, and installations require comparison with works from the same period and with closely related subjects or series.

## Market and appraisal context

Richard Hamilton appears in auction records across paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Appraisal should compare the specific work with similar Hamilton examples, considering medium, scale, date, period, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition details, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, rarity, and attribution confidence. Recent public auction comparables can provide useful market context, but they are not a substitute for examination or authentication. Appraisily's public index reports broad auction coverage and a wide observed price range; results may include different currencies, reporting conventions, buyer premiums, incomplete feeds, private sales, or later attribution changes.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159465
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2481
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-hamilton-1244
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG30474
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/39397012/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500126033
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50018825
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(artist)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-hamilton/