# James Pichette artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:06:27.699Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1920-08-01
- Death date: 1996-08-02
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting, Engraving, Lithography, Illustration

## Portrait

![James Pichette](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/James_Pichette_%281995%29.png)
Pantalaskas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Pichette_(1995).png

## About James Pichette

James Pichette (1920–1996) was a French painter whose authority records also identify him as an engraver, illustrator, and lithographer. That range of documented roles helps explain why his name can appear across paintings, graphic works, lithographs, and illustrated publications rather than within a single object type. His identity is strongly anchored by matching records from IdRef, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and Wikidata, including consistent life years and a French association. A secondary reference links Pichette with art informel, but the collected source pack does not provide a museum, estate, or scholarly record confirming that movement classification. It is therefore best treated as provisional context, not a definitive label. For collectors, the practical first step is to distinguish the technique and format of a work and compare it with records from the same category. The present evidence supports Pichette's identity and multi-medium practice more strongly than it supports named subjects, series, or stylistic periods.

## Common works and media

Authority records document Pichette as a painter, engraver, illustrator, and lithographer. Collectors may therefore encounter paintings, engravings, lithographs, and illustrated material bearing his name. These categories describe documented practices rather than verified auction frequency. The source pack does not provide a reliable subject taxonomy, named series, edition information, or a breakdown of techniques across auction records, so those details should be established from the individual object and its supporting documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily artist input links James Pichette to 272 auction records, indicating that comparable-lot research may be available. This source pack, however, does not expose the underlying lot titles, images, dimensions, condition information, attribution language, sale dates, or realized prices. No price trend or category frequency can therefore be responsibly inferred here. The most defensible starting point is to separate paintings from engravings, lithographs, and illustrated material, because IdRef documents those distinct practices. An appraisal can then examine closely matched public records from the appropriate category and assess the object-specific evidence presented with those comparables. The collected material does not support naming or weighting additional valuation factors.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile distinguishes authority-supported facts from market details that remain unavailable in the collected source pack.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/034416978
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/39485338/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161339
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500081748
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pichette
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/james-pichette/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Pichette_(1995).png