# Julio Le Parc artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/julio-le-parc/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T19:55:26.725Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Argentine
- Movements: Kinetic art, Op art
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Gouache, Works on paper and prints, Reliefs and mobile constructions, Light-based and mixed-media works

## Portrait

![Julio Le Parc](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Julio_Le_Parc_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Bellas_Artes_-_48590085576.jpg/1280px-Julio_Le_Parc_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Bellas_Artes_-_48590085576.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julio_Le_Parc_en_el_Museo_Nacional_de_Bellas_Artes_-_48590085576.jpg

## About Julio Le Parc

Julio Le Parc (1928–2026) was an Argentine painter and sculptor associated with kinetic art and Op art. Based in Paris, he became a founding member of the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel, or GRAV. His practice examined how light, movement, color, and repeated visual structures can alter perception and encourage active viewing. The artist’s official archive organizes his production across surfaces, colored surfaces, reliefs, mobiles and continuous works, light works, displacement and contortion experiments, Modulation and Alchimie groups, and sculpture. Collectors therefore encounter Le Parc in many formats, including paintings and gouaches, works on paper and prints, reliefs, editions, mixed-media constructions, and kinetic or light-based objects. Museum and authority records from MoMA, Tate, Getty ULAN, Wikidata, and French library systems support reliable identity matching. His extensive public auction footprint makes careful comparison especially important because works differing in format, date, scale, edition, and physical complexity should not be treated as interchangeable.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction settings include paintings, gouaches, prints and other works on paper, colored surface compositions, reliefs, mobiles, light-based works, mixed-media constructions, sculpture, and editions. Titles or catalogue descriptions may also connect works with the Surface, Surface-couleur, Continuels-Mobils, Lumières, Modulation, Alchimie, or sculpture-torsion groups documented by the artist’s official site. Edition information and construction details are particularly important when comparing superficially similar examples.

## Market and appraisal context

Le Parc’s auction market spans paintings, works on paper, prints, editions, reliefs, sculpture, and mixed-media or kinetic constructions. Because these categories include both unique objects and editioned works, appraisal should begin with closely comparable examples. Relevant distinctions include medium, dimensions, execution date, career period, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition size and number, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Recent public results can provide useful benchmarks, but reported totals may use different fee conventions. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may also be absent, so auction records should be considered alongside direct examination and documentation rather than used as automatic price predictions.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched public auction data, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results remain subject to attribution, condition, fee-reporting, and coverage limitations.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177313
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500086043
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/030799724
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/3432
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/julio-le-parc-1494
- Julio Le Parc: http://www.julioleparc.org
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Le_Parc
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Le_Parc
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Le_Parc
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/julio-le-parc/