# Richard Marquis artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:59:50.426Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Glass, Venetian cane and murrine glass techniques

## About Richard Marquis

Richard Marquis (born 1945) is an American artist associated with contemporary studio glass. Library and authority records align on his identity, birth year, nationality, and work as a glass artist; IdRef also identifies him as a collector. The collected biographical account says he was among the first Americans to work in a Venetian glass factory and became known for Venetian cane and murrine techniques. Accounts of his work stress demanding technique alongside playful form and deliberate color. These characteristics help explain why collectors encounter his name in contemporary glass auction and appraisal contexts. Entity matching should not depend on the name alone: the 1945 birth year, American nationality, glass specialization, and stable authority identifiers across Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, Library of Congress, and IdRef provide a more reliable identity frame. The available source pack is stronger on identity and practice than on exhibition chronology or individual bodies of work.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter studio-glass objects attributed to Marquis, including works catalogued in connection with Venetian cane or murrine techniques. Available sources emphasize playful form, technical control, and color but do not provide a complete inventory of vessels, sculptures, editions, recurring subjects, or named series. Object records should therefore preserve the specific medium and technique supplied by reliable cataloguing rather than assume that every attributed work belongs to one standard category.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal purposes, first confirm that the object is associated with the American glass artist born in 1945 rather than relying on the name alone. The strongest practice-specific evidence in the source pack concerns Venetian cane and murrine techniques and an emphasis on form and color. These traits can help select relevant comparisons, but they do not authenticate a work by themselves. Where public sale data are available, compare closely related lots and record the auction house, sale date, lot description, and realized price before drawing conclusions. Appraisily's artist page indicates a body of auction-price records, but this pack includes no fetched major-auction-house lot narratives. It therefore supports careful comparable-lot research, not a price trend, premium claim, or estimate range.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. These records provide evidence for comparison, not guarantees of authenticity or future value.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7327647
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54991430/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/132146797
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500100492
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marquis
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/richard-marquis/