# Michel Ciry artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/michel-ciry/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:08:50.274Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1919-08-31
- Death date: 2018-12-26
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking and graphic work, Illustration

## Portrait

![Michel Ciry](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Michel_Ciry_on_his_90th_birthday.jpg)
Michiel Van Mulders · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Ciry_on_his_90th_birthday.jpg

## About Michel Ciry

Michel Ciry (1919–2018) was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator who also worked as a writer and composer. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and French higher-education libraries consistently identify him and connect his name with several creative disciplines. For collectors, the most relevant objects are paintings, prints and other graphic works, and illustrations attributed to Ciry. His presence in both cultural authority records and auction listings means that his name may arise in art collections, illustrated publications, and estate material. The collected evidence does not establish one specific movement or school strongly enough to apply that label here. Accordingly, Ciry is best introduced through his documented French identity, his long lifespan across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and the range of visual-art roles recorded by established authority services. Object-level research remains necessary when evaluating any work bearing his name or signature.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Michel Ciry’s name in connection with paintings, prints and other graphic works, and illustrations. His authority records also identify him as a writer and composer, although those activities should not be confused with the visual-art categories most likely to appear in an art appraisal. The collected source pack does not document specific recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, or a single defining movement, so those details should be established from the individual object and stronger work-specific documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Michel Ciry’s public source pack supports an auction context spanning paintings, prints and graphic works, and illustrations, but it does not establish a reliable price trend or a hierarchy among these categories. An appraisal should first determine the work type and medium, then compare the object with relevant public auction records where those records are available. Recorded sale dates and realized prices can provide context, but they should be interpreted in relation to genuinely comparable works rather than treated as a prediction. The present evidence is strongest for identity and artistic roles; detailed auction-house analysis, object-specific attribution, and conclusions about an individual work require further evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Each object still requires individual examination, and unavailable or incomplete market records should not be treated as definitive evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3309277
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95765128/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/026789574
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500013765
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ciry
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ciry
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/michel-ciry/