Michel Gueranger Auction Prices and Value Guide

Michel Gueranger auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 247 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Michel Gueranger auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Michel Gueranger
Source records
247
Market update
2026-02-06

Michel Gueranger market snapshot

Michel Gueranger shows deep auction liquidity with 235 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $219. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-02-04.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (92.2% · 166 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (7.8% · 14 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-02-04

Artist context

About Michel Gueranger

Born

1941

Nationality

French

Also known as

Michel Guéranger, Michel Gérard

Michel Guéranger (born 1941) is a French painter, graphic designer, and photographer whose work is associated with experiments in space, form, geometry, tension, and light. Library authority records establish his identity as a French painter and preserve both accented and unaccented forms of his name. After studying applied arts, Guéranger produced an early group of oil paintings on paper under the name Michel Gérard. In 1975, he co-founded the SPACE group with Jean Allemand and Maxime Defert. Accounts of the group emphasize investigations into the physics of shapes, spatial tension, space-time geometry, and luminous or vibratory effects. Collectors may encounter his name across several kinds of material, including paintings, works on paper, prints, photographs, graphic work, mixed-media objects, and editions. The available evidence supports SPACE as an important professional context, but it does not justify assigning Guéranger to a broader historical movement without qualification.

SPACE group and spatial-art experimentationOil painting on paperPaintingGraphic designPhotographySpatial relationships and the physics of formsTension, space-time geometry, and light

Common works and media

Auction and biographical sources indicate a varied body of work. Collectors may encounter paintings, including oil on paper; graphic works; photographs; prints and other works on paper; sculpture or mixed media; and decorative objects or editions. Early oil paintings reportedly may carry the signature Michel Gérard, making the signature form and date relevant to identification. Works connected with Guéranger's spatial investigations may emphasize geometry, tension, light, or relationships between forms. Because the source pack does not provide a catalogue raisonné or comprehensive institutional inventory, medium, markings, dimensions, construction, edition details, and provenance should be documented directly for each object.

Market and appraisal context

Michel Guéranger auction results should be compared at the level of the individual object rather than against a single artist-wide benchmark. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and confidence in the attribution. A painting should ordinarily be compared with similar paintings, while prints, works on paper, photographs, mixed-media pieces, and editions require category-specific comparables. Public realized prices can help establish a range, but reporting conventions may differ and the available record may omit private transactions. Authentication and a direct physical condition review remain important before reaching an appraisal conclusion.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Comparable public auction sales for works similar in medium, size, date, and subject
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction results are appraisal inputs rather than definitive valuations.
  • Reported results may not represent private sales or every auction transaction.
  • Authentication, attribution changes, condition, and differences in reported fees can materially affect comparisons.
  • The collected market evidence comes from Appraisily's matched auction records and was not independently corroborated by a major auction-house profile in this source pack.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Michel Gueranger

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Michel Gueranger worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Michel Gueranger artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.