# Stanton Macdonald-Wright artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/stanton-macdonald-wright/ Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:45:53.737Z Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources ## Artist identity - Nationality: American - Movements: Synchromism, American modernism - Common media: Painting, Murals, Prints and portfolio plates ## Portrait ![Stanton Macdonald-Wright](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Stanton_MacDonald-Wright%2C_Every_Week%2C_No._14%2C_April_2%2C_1917_%28cropped%29.jpg) Photographs by Paul Thompson for Every Week · Public domain Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanton_MacDonald-Wright,_Every_Week,_No._14,_April_2,_1917_(cropped).jpg ## About Stanton Macdonald-Wright Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973) was an American painter, muralist, and aesthetician closely associated with Synchromism, an early modernist approach built around relationships of color. He is identified as a co-founder of the movement, and museum records preserve several works central to that association. The Museum of Modern Art catalogues Still Life Synchromy from 1913, Synchromy from 1917, and Synchromy in Blue from about 1917–18. These examples show why collectors commonly encounter his name in discussions of American color abstraction and early twentieth-century modernism. His documented output was not limited to individual paintings: MoMA also records a plate contributed to the 1962 publication Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde. Consequently, objects connected with Macdonald-Wright may range from distinctive Synchromist paintings to later prints and collaborative portfolio material, each requiring careful identification of medium, date, and format. ## Common works and media Collectors may encounter paintings described as Synchromies, including abstract compositions organized through color, as well as still-life-related Synchromist work. Museum records also document prints and portfolio plates, including a contribution to a multi-artist avant-garde publication. Because the recorded formats include both individual works and collaborative portfolio material, the object type and authorship details should be established before auction comparisons are selected. ## Market and appraisal context Market assessment should begin by distinguishing an individual painting from a print, portfolio plate, or collaborative publication. Date also matters to classification: MoMA documents Synchromist paintings from 1913 through about 1918, providing useful reference points for works connected with the artist's early color-based abstraction. A later portfolio contribution has a different context and should not be compared mechanically with a unique painting. The collected sources support using medium, format, date, title, and relationship to documented Synchromist work when selecting comparable records. They do not provide enough major-auction-house or lot-level evidence to justify a price forecast, market trend, scarcity statement, or universal ranking of categories. ## 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. Claims are limited when the collected evidence does not support a firmer conclusion. ## Sources - The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/3663 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/42737511/ - IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/168123967 - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2348151 - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500007154 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Macdonald-Wright - Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/stanton-macdonald-wright/