Rating and value of works, drawings, sculptures by Robert Filliou

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Rating and value of works by Robert Filliou  

Robert Filliou is a contemporary artist close to the Fluxus movement. If you own a piece by this artist, it may be worth more than you think. On the art market, these works can fetch very high prices under the auctioneer's hammer. 

Filliou's sculptures and installations are particularly sought-after, with auction prices ranging from €40 to €82,205 - a fairly substantial range, but one that says a lot about the value that can be attributed to Filliou's work.  

In 2008, his 1969 installation entitled Principe d'équivalence, création permanente - Red Sox in yellow box, sold for €82,205, whereas it was estimated at between €15,180 and €22,760.

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Style and technique of the artist Robert Filliou

Robert Filliou uses a variety of materials in his sculptures, notably wood, as well as other materials and objects from industry. He is close to the Fluxus movement, which combines painting, poetry and literature. The style of his work evolves throughout his career.   

Robert Filliou's career   

Robert Filliou is a French artist born in 1926 in the Gard region of France.

He studied in Alès and at the same time took part in Resistance activities as a schoolboy. In 1946, he left for Los Angeles to join his father, whom he had never met. While working for Coca Cola, he earned a degree in political economy from the University of California. Interested in Gandhi's pacifist works, he decides to go on a mission to Japan and takes part in a UN program for the development of South Korea. He then traveled to Egypt and Spain.

After all his travels and discoveries, Robert Filliou describes himself as an "artist-poet", believing that the semantics and meaning of words are the artist's primary material. He exhibits his pastel poems on a variety of media.

He opens his "non-boutique" in Villefranche-sur-Mer, conceived as an international center for permanent creation. He exhibits in many different countries, and takes part in the meeting between Joseph Beuys and the Dalai Lama.

Filliou spent the end of his career and his life in the Dordogne, near a Tibetan sanctuary. His last artistic project came to fruition on the day of his death, the date on which he had planned to send out cards inscribed with his last poem, which read: "As it is very likely that we will die, we will realize that it was a life, simply at the moment when we die. End of life. End of the poem."

Robert Filliou's imprint on his period

Robert Filliou left a lasting mark on his era as a major figure in French contemporary art, experimenting with a wide range of artistic techniques throughout his career. Today, his works are highly valued on the art market, and are collected worldwide, although many museums own works by the artist. 

Knowing the value of a work 

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