# Robert Juniper artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T14:50:42.945Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1929-01-07
- Death date: 2012-12-20
- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Illustration

## About Robert Juniper

Robert Litchfield Juniper (1929–2012) was an Australian artist whose documented practice included painting, printmaking, sculpture and illustration. Authority records from IdRef, VIAF, Getty ULAN and Wikidata align his identity and life dates, while IdRef connects him with illustrated editions of A Fortunate Life. This breadth helps explain why collectors may encounter Juniper through several auction categories, including paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture, mixed media and editioned material. His work is therefore best approached by identifying the particular object type and medium before selecting comparable sales. The collected sources confirm a multi-medium career but do not provide sufficient museum or scholarly evidence to assign Juniper to a specific movement, named series or recurring subject category. Appraisily consequently treats those classifications cautiously and emphasizes verifiable identity, physical object details and matched auction evidence.

## Common works and media

The collected authority and auction sources indicate that collectors may encounter Juniper paintings, works on paper, prints, sculptures, mixed-media objects and illustrated or editioned material. Medium, construction, signature, edition status and condition should be recorded before comparing a work with public auction results.

## Market and appraisal context

Robert Juniper's auction record spans materially different object types, so a painting should not be compared indiscriminately with a print, sculpture or illustrated edition. Relevant appraisal inputs include medium, dimensions, date, condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history and attribution confidence. Comparable public sales are most useful when the lots share those characteristics and were sold under similar reporting conventions. Realized prices may include different fee treatments, while private transactions and incomplete feeds can leave gaps. A defensible appraisal should therefore use several closely matched records, inspect the work itself and avoid treating an artist-wide median or broad price range as a prediction for an individual object.

## Appraisily data basis

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

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/057210810
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96218125/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7346204
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500075887
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.6652.html
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG33364
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Juniper
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-juniper/