# Samuel Buri artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-23T03:17:17.078Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1935-09-27
- Nationality: Swiss
- Movements: Swiss modern and contemporary art, postwar period
- Common media: lithography, painting, printmaking (estampes), Chinese ink drawing

## About Samuel Buri

Samuel Buri (born 1935, Täuffelen, Switzerland) is a Swiss lithographer, painter, and printmaker who has been active in Basel since the mid-twentieth century. Trained in the Swiss tradition, Buri works across painting, lithography, and ink drawing, and has exhibited in major Swiss venues including the ARC in Paris and Kunsthalle Palazzo in Liestal. He was included in the 1969 Dimensionen exhibition alongside prominent Swiss artists such as Jean Tinguely and Rolf Iseli, and collaborated with Brice Marden and Ernst Messerli on projects for the Basel Münster. Buri is listed in the Bénézit dictionary, the Witt Checklist, and the Künstler Lexikon der Schweiz, confirming his established place in Swiss postwar and contemporary art.

## Common works and media

Buri's most commonly encountered works at auction are lithographs and prints, often geometric or abstract in character. He has also produced paintings, ink drawings (including works in Chinese ink), and illustrated artist books. Recorded titles include exhibition posters such as the ARC 1976 print, and series involving Swiss landscape and travel themes. Collectors may also encounter collaborative exhibition catalogues and portfolios from group shows in Swiss institutions.

## Market and appraisal context

Samuel Buri's work appears with moderate frequency at auction, primarily as prints, lithographs, and works on paper. With over 300 recorded lots, the secondary market is active enough to support price comparison. Collectors should consider medium, edition details, provenance, and condition when evaluating Buri works. Paintings are less common at auction than his graphic output. Works tied to significant exhibition periods or bearing gallery provenance may attract stronger interest. No catalogue raisonné was identified, so attribution for unsigned or undocumented pieces should be verified through expert or institutional channels.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured identity research from library authority files and institutional databases with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data when available. Sources for this page include the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and the Library of Congress authority file. Market context draws on observed auction-lot patterns from the Appraisily and Invaluable databases.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/14246
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18202272
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/74125046/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500024910
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78020619