Artist's Signatures and Monograms

Artist's Signatures and Monograms

These sources contain visual examples of artist's signatures or monograms used to sign works of art. Most of these signatures are of painters, sculptors and printmakers.  For the signature or mark of an artist or manufacturer found on a decorative work of art, consult the section on this page dealing with that particular medium in Art Sources for the Identification and Valuation of Fine and Decorative Art.

 

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library.

 

Dictionary of Artists (Benezit), N40 .D5213 2006 14 vols.

 

Classified Directory of Artist's Signatures, Symbols, and Monograms, N45. C36 1976b

 

Dictionary of Signatures & Monograms of American Artists: From the Colonial Period to the Mid-20th C., N45.F35 1988

 

Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement,1875-1930, N45. H37

 

Monogram Lexicon, N45. G6

 

Die Monogrammisten (Nagler), N45.N2 1977 vols. 1-5 (3rd floor) includes painters, sculptors, lithographers, engravers, gold and silversmiths and ceramists. Includes references to the prints of the Illustrated Bartsch.