# Michael Parkes artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-parkes/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:01:49.467Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Magic realism
- Common media: Painting, Stone lithography, Sculpture, Limited-edition Giclée images

## Portrait

![Michael Parkes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Michael_Parkes.jpg/1280px-Michael_Parkes.jpg)
Maria Parkes · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Parkes.jpg

## About Michael Parkes

Michael Parkes, born in 1944, is an American artist identified by library authorities as a painter and printmaker. Public biographical material describes him as American-born and living in Spain, with work associated with fantasy art and magic realism. His practice spans painting, stone lithography and sculpture, while published images also circulate as limited-edition Giclée works and posters. This range helps explain why collectors may encounter his imagery in materially different forms, from original paintings and sculptural objects to editioned prints and reproductions. Parkes is best approached through both his distinctive imaginative context and the specific medium of the object under review. The available authority records establish his identity and birth year securely, but the collected source pack offers less institution-grade detail about his chronology, exhibitions and individual bodies of work. Those areas should therefore be described cautiously unless stronger documentation accompanies a particular object.

## Common works and media

Commonly documented work types include paintings, stone lithographs, sculptures, limited-edition Giclée images, and posters. The imagery is associated with fantasy art and magic realism. Because similar compositions may circulate in different formats, an appraisal should identify the physical medium and determine whether the object is an original work, an editioned image, or a poster before selecting comparable lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Michael Parkes works may appear in auction and appraisal contexts as paintings, stone lithographs, sculptures, limited-edition Giclée images, or posters. The first useful distinction is therefore the object's medium and type. For an editioned image, the edition status should also be established before comparisons are selected. The collected sources do not provide accessible lot-level evidence sufficient to publish price ranges, record prices, or market trends. Comparable sales should be chosen only after the work type and edition category are identified, because a painting, lithograph, Giclée image, sculpture, and poster represent materially different comparison groups.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2322274
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96466992/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500105443
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parkes
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parkes