# Sami Briss artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/sami-briss/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T10:26:15.546Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French, Israeli
- Common media: Painting, Engraving, Sculpture, Book illustration

## Portrait

![Sami Briss](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Samy_Briss.jpg/1280px-Samy_Briss.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samy_Briss.jpg

## About Sami Briss

Samy Briss, also catalogued as Sami Briss, is a Romanian-born French-Israeli painter and engraver who is also described as a sculptor. Born in Iași in 1930, he is represented in international authority systems under both spellings of his given name. His bibliographic record includes illustrated literary publications and an artistic-testimony project concerning the 1941 Iași pogrom. The collected sources do not establish a formal movement or school affiliation, so his work should not be assigned to one without stronger scholarly evidence. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with paintings, engravings, sculpture, works on paper, and book illustration. Because auction and library records alternate between Sami and Samy, searches under both forms are useful when researching authorship, exhibition history, publications, and comparable sales. Authority identifiers help distinguish him from similarly named artists and consolidate otherwise fragmented records.

## Common works and media

Public authority records most firmly document painting and engraving, while another collected biography also identifies sculpture. IdRef links Briss to illustrated literary publications and to an artistic testimony concerning the 1941 Iași pogrom. In appraisal and auction settings, works may therefore appear as paintings, prints or engravings, sculptures, works on paper, or book-related illustrations. The collected sources do not establish a complete catalogue of subjects, series, editions, or media, so unusual objects and edition claims require independent documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily records indicate an auction-market footprint for Briss, but the collected source pack does not include major auction-house analysis or enough lot-level evidence to support price forecasts. Appraisal research should compare like with like across paintings, engravings, sculptures, works on paper, and illustrated material. The Sami and Samy spelling difference can divide catalog records, so both forms should be checked when locating comparables. Public sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, catalog descriptions, and photographs can provide context when matching records are available, but the current evidence does not justify claims about liquidity, scarcity, market direction, or a hierarchy among media. Object-specific attribution and documentation remain essential.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Identity and market evidence are kept distinct so that incomplete records do not become unsupported attribution or valuation claims.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18636926
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/22409771/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/233610804
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500196985
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14952541r
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/238418
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Briss
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sami-briss/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samy_Briss.jpg