# Lucien Philippe Moretti artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/lucien-philippe-moretti/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:38:05.646Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French

## About Lucien Philippe Moretti

Lucien Philippe Moretti (1922–1999) was a French painter, and authority data linked through VIAF also identifies him as a draftsman. His identity is represented across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, IdRef, and RKD, providing a useful basis for distinguishing him from other artists who share the Moretti surname. The available public source pack does not securely associate Moretti with a named movement, school, or documented series, so those labels should not be inferred from individual works. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name through paintings and other objects offered in the secondary market. Appraisily's matched auction records indicate activity across several broad categories, including paintings, works on paper and prints, while less certain classifications extend to mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. Individual objects therefore require close examination of medium, signature, inscriptions, date, provenance, and attribution rather than reliance on the artist name alone.

## Common works and media

The available research does not establish a definitive catalogue of Moretti's media or subjects. In Appraisily's auction index, matched objects are grouped principally under fine art and paintings and works on paper and prints. Additional records may carry broader labels such as sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, or editions, but the published category concentration is sparse or broad. These classifications are best treated as discovery aids; the medium, support, technique, signature, inscriptions, and edition status of each object should be verified directly.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's published market index reports 67 matched records, including 43 priced records, across an observed 1998–2026 date range. The page gives an observed range of $10 to $3,000 and a median result near $400, but these figures summarize heterogeneous public records rather than predict the value of a particular work. A sound comparison should prioritize works with similar medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution, and provenance. Signatures, inscriptions, edition details, restoration, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect comparability. Reported totals can follow different fee conventions, and private sales or incomplete feeds may be absent. The page's differing counts for tracked lots and total matched records should be reconciled before its statistics are used in a formal appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Auction data is evidence for comparison, not a substitute for inspecting the specific object's attribution, condition, provenance, and physical characteristics.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105770425
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500054152
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96041442/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/060360917
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/132070
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/lucien-philippe-moretti/