Bernard Karfiol
Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Bernard Karfiol

American, born Hungary · 1886–1952

Profile
49
34–51 band

Discovery profile: limited tracked signals

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall49

Composite Codex score

Institutional60

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market46

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#32,084Established
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal1515 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$3.3K1 tracked lots
Sell-through100%Top house: Sotheby's
Social SignalsAudience percentile vs tracked artists

Signal summary

Bernard Karfiol: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (1 tracked lot). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

Los Angeles County Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtWhitney Museum of American Art

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

Recent median: $3.3K across 1 tracked lots. Sell-through: 100%. Historical record: $17.0K at Sotheby's (Oct 11, 2005).
Annual median hammer price, USD
$3.3K$1.7K$0
$3.3K
2024
$1.2K
2025
$1.5K
2026

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands are not generated for deceased artists; contemporary peer sets intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists.

Selected works

Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.

Museum Acquisitions

Top 1

Previous Sales

Top 3
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