# Fred Deux artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/fred-deux/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:31:02.929Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1924-07-01
- Death date: 2015-09-09
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Drawing, Graphic art, Writing and literary publications

## Portrait

![Fred Deux](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Fred_Deux_%281995%29.png)
Pantalaskas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fred_Deux_(1995).png

## About Fred Deux

Fred Deux (1924–2015), born Alfred Jean Lucien Deux, was a French draughtsperson, graphic artist, and writer. His early literary publications appeared under the pen name Jean Douassot, an identity also represented in international library authority records. This dual practice matters for entity matching because catalogs may file related material under Fred Deux, Alfred Deux, or Jean Douassot, while art and literary holdings may be described separately. The collected institutional identity sources clearly establish his French nationality and his activity as both a visual artist and writer. They do not, however, provide enough evidence to assign him confidently to a specific movement or to identify recurring subjects or named series. Collectors are most likely to encounter drawings and graphic works associated with his visual practice. Appraisily's source inventory contains 256 artist-linked auction records, making careful reconciliation of names, media, dates, and catalog descriptions important when selecting comparable lots.

## Common works and media

The available sources most clearly associate Fred Deux with drawings and graphic art. They also identify him as a writer whose early publications used the pen name Jean Douassot. The source pack does not establish a reliable list of recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, or other commonly traded formats, so such classifications should be verified against the individual work and its catalog documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by confirming that a work is correctly associated with Fred Deux and by distinguishing his visual-art identity from literary material published as Jean Douassot. The catalogued object type and medium are also important because the source pack identifies drawing, graphic art, and writing as separate areas of activity. Comparable public auction records can provide useful context through their sale dates, realized prices, and lot descriptions when those details are available. This research pack does not include item-level condition, provenance, edition, or attribution evidence, so those factors must be examined from the work and its documentation rather than inferred from the artist name. The available evidence does not support price forecasts or claims about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Conclusions remain limited by the quality and detail of the public records collected for each artist.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086816
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500113241
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96532798/
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Deux
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Deux
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/fred-deux/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fred_Deux_(1995).png