# Robert Riggs artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:42:24.325Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking

## About Robert Riggs

Robert Riggs (1896–1970) was an American painter and printmaker. Wikidata and VIAF align on his life years and American identity, while museum records connect his name with the collections or artist indexes of the Museum of Modern Art, the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. The available authority record names works such as “Amateur Gym,” “Baer-Carnera,” “The Brown Bomber,” and “Children’s Ward.” These titles point to figurative subjects drawn from boxing, athletic environments, and institutional life, although the collected sources do not establish a formal movement or school. Collectors may encounter Riggs through paintings, prints, and works on paper identified by these subjects. Because Robert Riggs is also shared by other public figures, reliable identification should connect a work to the 1896–1970 artist and, where possible, to his established authority identifiers, documented title, medium, and exhibition or ownership history.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings and prints attributed to Robert Riggs. Authority records identify works associated with boxing and gymnasium subjects, including “Amateur Gym,” “Baer-Carnera,” and “The Brown Bomber,” as well as the institutional subject “Children’s Ward.” The collected evidence does not establish a complete catalogue of media, editions, series, or subjects, so each work should be assessed from its physical characteristics and documentation rather than assigned to a presumed body of work.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first confirm that the work belongs to Robert Riggs, the American painter and printmaker who lived from 1896 to 1970. Once identity is established, useful comparisons should separate paintings from prints and match similar subjects, techniques, and dates where that information is available. Cataloged titles associated with boxing, gymnasium life, and hospital settings can help narrow subject-based comparisons, but a title alone does not prove attribution. Condition, dimensions, provenance, signatures, inscriptions, and edition information should be documented from the object and its records before selecting comparable sales. Public auction results can provide context through sale dates and realized prices, but the collected source pack does not support a price prediction or market-trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity and market evidence are evaluated separately so that an authority match does not by itself imply attribution or value.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28001298
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/30982523/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500105897
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/4926
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43699
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.6743.html
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-riggs/