# Waylande Gregory artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Art Deco context
- Common media: Ceramics, Sculpture, Glass and glazing experimentation

## Portrait

![Waylande Gregory](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Waylande-Gregory-WPA-1937.jpg)
Waylande Gregory · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylande_Gregory

## About Waylande Gregory

Waylande Desantis Gregory (1905–1971) was an American sculptor, designer, and ceramic artist whose career is closely associated with technically ambitious twentieth-century ceramics. Authority records identify him as both a sculptor and designer, while the collected biographical source places his ceramic practice in an Art Deco context. Gregory is particularly noted for extending ceramics to a monumental scale. Public projects cited in the source material include Fountain of the Atoms and Light Dispelling Darkness, works that reflect his interest in combining sculpture, architecture, and complex ceramic production. The same account credits him with experiments in glazing and processing and connects his work with the development of studio glass. Collectors may encounter his name on sculptural ceramics and objects related to American decorative art, although his broader reputation also rests on large public commissions that are unlike ordinary auction lots.

## Common works and media

Gregory is most strongly documented as a sculptor and designer working in ceramics. Auction and appraisal contexts may therefore include sculptural ceramic objects and twentieth-century decorative art, while institutional discussions of his career also emphasize monumental ceramic commissions, fountains, experimental glazing, and glass-related work. Each object should be classified by its actual material, scale, marks, and construction rather than by visual resemblance alone.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Waylande Gregory should begin by identifying its object type, material, dimensions, construction, marks, and physical condition. His documented practice spans ceramic sculpture, monumental work, design, and glass-related experimentation, so superficially similar objects may belong to different parts of his practice. Provenance, inscriptions, restoration history, and evidence connecting a piece to Gregory remain important when assessing attribution. Comparable auction lots are most useful when they match the medium, scale, date, subject, and authorship status of the object under review. Public sale dates and realized prices can supply context when available, but this source pack does not support a general price forecast or market-trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96433815/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7975937
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500101515
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylande_Gregory
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013116280
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/waylande-gregory/