# Samuel Marcus Adler artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/samuel-marcus-adler/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:25:49.941Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Works on paper, Prints, Sculpture and mixed media

## About Samuel Marcus Adler

Samuel Marcus Adler (1898–1979) was an American painter and educator whose identity is documented across Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, IdRef, and Library of Congress authority records. These records also distinguish him from other people named Samuel Adler through his middle name, life dates, and artist classification. The available source pack does not establish a specific movement, school, signature subject, or named series, so those associations should not be inferred without further scholarly evidence. Collectors may encounter works attributed to Adler in painting, works-on-paper, print, and broader mixed-media auction categories. Appraisily's matched public records currently span sales dated from 2005 through 2024, demonstrating a secondary-market presence while leaving substantial differences among individual objects. Reliable identification therefore depends on matching the artist's name and dates while examining the work's signature, inscriptions, medium, provenance, and supporting documentation.

## Common works and media

Appraisily's matched auction records group Adler-related objects principally under fine art and paintings, with additional listings under works on paper and prints. Some records also fall into sculpture, mixed-media, decorative-art, or edition categories, but the available evidence does not establish how representative those groups are of his overall production. For appraisal purposes, the object's actual medium, technique, support, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, and any edition notation should be recorded before selecting comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Samuel Marcus Adler's public auction results should be compared within the closest available category rather than treated as a single price level. Relevant distinctions include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, rarity, and attribution confidence. Comparable lots are most useful when these characteristics align and when reported prices use consistent treatment of buyer premiums and fees. Appraisily's present record set covers a range of categories, and some classifications remain broad, so a painting should not be valued directly from an unrelated print, edition, sculpture, or decorative object. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution revisions can also limit what public results show.

## 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. Public results are evidence inputs, not authentication or a final appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7410733
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/116577770/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500007226
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/283282835
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007027041
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/127907
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adler_(artist)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/samuel-marcus-adler/