# Ugo Nespolo artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ugo-nespolo/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T09:10:54.974Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1941-08-29
- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Experimental film, Applied arts, Illustration

## Portrait

![Ugo Nespolo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Ritratto_Ugo_Nespolo_-_Studio_Nespolo.jpg/1280px-Ritratto_Ugo_Nespolo_-_Studio_Nespolo.jpg)
ViolettaNespolo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ritratto_Ugo_Nespolo_-_Studio_Nespolo.jpg

## About Ugo Nespolo

Ugo Nespolo, born on 29 August 1941, is an Italian artist whose practice extends across painting, sculpture, experimental film, writing, illustration, and applied arts. International authority records consistently identify him as a painter and sculptor, while library data also records his activity as an author and illustrator. Collected biographical sources connect his wider practice with experimental cinema and collaborations involving advertising, theatre, and literature. Nespolo lives and works in Turin. The range of formats associated with his career helps explain why collectors may encounter his name on conventional fine-art objects as well as works connected with design, illustration, or other applied settings. This source pack does not establish a specific movement, recurring subject, or named series strongly enough to present one as definitive, so individual objects should be described from their own physical and documentary evidence.

## Common works and media

The best-supported work types are paintings and sculptures. The collected sources also associate Nespolo with experimental film, illustration, writing, and applied arts, indicating a practice broader than conventional easel painting. Objects presented for appraisal should not be assigned to a particular subject, series, movement, or edition solely from the artist's name because those classifications are not established in this source pack.

## Market and appraisal context

Ugo Nespolo has substantial representation in Appraisily's auction directory, but the collected research pack does not include the underlying lot-level descriptions or results. An appraisal should first identify the object's medium and type, then compare it with public sales of genuinely similar works. Paintings and sculptures have the strongest support as relevant categories; applied-art and illustrated objects require more object-specific research. Available sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots can provide market context, but this pack does not support a price trend or forecast. Authority identifiers can help distinguish the documented Italian artist from incomplete or incorrectly attributed catalogue entries.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3297664
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500159184
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/207819082/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/073696897
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Nespolo
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Nespolo
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ugo-nespolo/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ritratto_Ugo_Nespolo_-_Studio_Nespolo.jpg