Fabrizio Clerici Auction Prices and Value Guide

Fabrizio Clerici auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 283 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Fabrizio Clerici auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Fabrizio Clerici
Source records
283
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Fabrizio Clerici

Fabrizio Clerici (1913–1993) was an Italian painter, illustrator, and designer born in Milan and active primarily in Rome. His work is characterized by imaginary architectures, suspended ruins, and metaphysical visions that blend the precision of architectural draftsmanship with a surrealist dream logic. Clerici drew on classical mythology, Renaissance perspective, and personal memory to create compositions that resist easy categorization within a single movement. His output extended beyond painting to include stage design, illustration, graphic art, watercolor, and pastel. Major Italian institutions hold his work, including the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome and the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, and his paintings are also represented in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The Archivio Fabrizio Clerici continues to manage his estate and promote scholarship on his career.

Metaphysical paintingSurrealismoil on canvasmixed media on panelwatercolorpastelimaginary architectureclassical ruinsmythological scenesmemory and dream visions

Common works and media

Clerici is best known for oil paintings and mixed-media works on panel depicting imaginary architecture, classical ruins, and mythological narratives such as the Minotaur. He also produced watercolors, pastels, drawings, graphic prints, and illustrations. Stage and set designs form an additional category rooted in his architectural training. Collectors may encounter works ranging from small works on paper to large-scale paintings exceeding two meters in width.

Market and appraisal context

Clerici's work appears at auction across Post-War and Contemporary Art, European Paintings, and Prints and Multiples categories. His most recognized pieces are large-scale oil paintings and mixed-media panels from the 1950s featuring architectural and mythological subjects. Valuation considerations include medium and scale, the specific subject matter, whether the work has estate-archive documentation, exhibition history, and condition. Works on paper, prints, and illustrations form a secondary but accessible segment of his market. Collectors seeking comparable lots should review Italian Post-War auction records from major houses, as published price-trend data is limited in publicly available sources.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Medium: oil paintings and large-scale mixed-media works on panel tend to carry more weight than works on paper or prints
  2. Subject: mythological and architectural subjects are central to his reputation and may affect collector interest
  3. Provenance: works with documented exhibition history or estate-archive authentication carry stronger attribution confidence
  4. Date: works from the 1950s, including key museum-held pieces, represent a significant period in his career
  5. Condition and authenticity: as with all 20th-century Italian works, condition reports and expert attribution review are recommended

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack does not include specific auction-realized price records; collectors should consult major auction databases for comparable sale results.
  • Market context is inferred from museum holdings, estate documentation, and biographical sources rather than from published price-trend analysis.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

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