# Timm Ulrichs artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:47:19.776Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1940-03-31
- Death date: 2026-04-29
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Conceptual art
- Common media: Sculpture, Painting, Mixed media, Engraving

## Portrait

![Timm Ulrichs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Timm_Ulrichs_%281997%29.jpg)
Claude Lebus · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timm_Ulrichs_(1997).jpg

## About Timm Ulrichs

Timm Ulrichs (1940–2026) was a German contemporary artist whose practice crossed conceptual art, sculpture, painting, mixed media, writing, and engraving. International authority files identify him in several of those roles, while biographical records also describe him as a conceptual artist and a professor of sculpture and “Totalkunst.” The latter term is closely tied to his public identity: library records list exhibition catalogues and publications under the Totalkunst name, suggesting a deliberately expansive conception of artistic activity. Ulrichs has a dedicated artist record at the Museum of Modern Art and stable records in Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and IdRef. Collectors therefore encounter a well-established artist name that is not reducible to one object type. Appraisily’s indexed auction material may include unique objects, graphic work, and mixed-media pieces, but the collected source pack does not define a complete catalogue of his work or identify the most frequently traded category.

## Common works and media

Documented roles support paintings, sculptures, mixed-media works, and engraved or other graphic material. His conceptual and Totalkunst contexts indicate that formats and materials may vary substantially. The collected evidence does not establish which type is most frequent at auction or identify specific recurring subjects, editions, or named series.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should compare a Timm Ulrichs object with records for the same medium and object type rather than treating all works under his name as interchangeable. Public auction records can provide context through sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those details are available. The present source pack confirms a broad practice encompassing painting, sculpture, mixed media, and engraving, but it does not provide a lot-level category split, edition information, condition reports, provenance, or a verified price history. Those details should be checked on the individual object and against the underlying auction catalogue before reaching a value conclusion. No price trend or forward prediction is supported here.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Conclusions remain limited by the detail and quality of the underlying sources.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105873
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96132450/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500065639
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/094864640
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/6005
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timm_Ulrichs
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timm_Ulrichs
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timm_Ulrichs
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/timm-ulrichs/