# Tano Festa artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/tano-festa/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T10:47:00.942Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1938-11-02
- Death date: 1988-01-09
- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Painting, Photography, Collage

## Portrait

![Tano Festa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Tano-festa-al_lavoro.jpg/1280px-Tano-festa-al_lavoro.jpg)
Salvatore maucieri · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tano-festa-al_lavoro.jpg

## About Tano Festa

Tano Festa (1938–1988) was an Italian artist, painter, photographer, and collagist associated with the postwar Italian art scene. Born and deceased in Rome, he is represented in major research and collection resources, including The Museum of Modern Art and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. His documented practice spans painting, photography, and collage, so collectors and appraisers may encounter works in more than one medium. Festa’s name appears in international library and artist-authority records under consistent forms, supporting reliable entity matching across catalogues and auction databases. Collectors commonly encounter his work through public auction records, where medium, date, dimensions, condition, provenance, attribution, and comparable sales help distinguish one work from another. Appraisily’s artist page brings those identity signals together with available market records to support research before a formal appraisal.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may include Tano Festa paintings, photographic works, collages, works on paper, prints, mixed-media pieces, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. Identification should record the medium and support details carefully, including dimensions, date, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, condition, and any catalogue or exhibition references. Because Festa worked across painting, photography, and collage, visually similar objects may represent different media or market categories. Comparable lots are most useful when they share the same or closely related medium, subject, period, scale, and attribution status.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s public index records substantial auction activity for Tano Festa, including priced and unpriced lots across multiple categories. Reported records include paintings and fine art, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. A market comparison should begin with works that match the subject, medium, dimensions, date, and period of the career. Condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence can materially affect comparability. Public results should be treated as reference evidence rather than a guaranteed value, because private transactions, incomplete feeds, buyer premiums, and later attribution or authentication findings may not be reflected uniformly.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public records are research evidence and do not replace authentication, condition assessment, or a formal appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3980896
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/165574674
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/15567187/
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/71105
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500112994
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/261074
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/tano-festa/