Rating and value of sculptures, drawings and paintings by André Cadere

If you own a work by or based on the artist André Cadere and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers can help you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Then, if you wish to sell your work of art, we will guide you towards the best possible means of obtaining the best possible price.

Artist's rating and value

A major figure in contemporary art, André Cadere's stock is as high as his reputation. Exploring several artistic techniques, Cadere's works are commonplace in auction rooms, particularly his lithographs, which sell for hundreds or even thousands of euros at auction. However, the artist's most prized works are his mixed-media compositions. A sure bet on the art market, some of his exceptional works fetch millions of euros at auction, as demonstrated by his untitled sculpture composed of several of these sticks, sold for €420,000 in 2019.

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Artist's style and technique

André Cadere is an artist associated with the Op Art movement, or optical art, and also questions the materiality of the work of art as well as its function. He is close to notions such as land art, which aims to produce works of art using elements found in nature. He produces drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures. 

The life of André Cadere

Born in Warsaw, Poland, André Cadere (1934 - 1978) was a Romanian painter and sculptor.

Like many artists who grew up in Eastern Europe, he moved to Paris in 1967. It was here that he discovered Op Art, an artistic movement aimed at working with and conceptualizing the work of art by taking optical functioning into account. He produced paintings-reliefs, but most of his work focused on sculpture and the production of volume.

His intellectual quest led him to conceptualize and produce a round wooden bar, in which several pieces of colored wood are assembled to form a rod. These are sometimes entitled Peinture sans fin, although some of his sculptures are untitled. He exhibited his work in Paris, but it was to be a real success in New York, where Cadere went around and exhibited his work in a mobile way, carrying the baguettes on his shoulder. He wants his work to "be", with no continuity or future in time. He conceives his baguettes as a multiple reality forming a constellation.

The artist's imprint on his era

Through his work, André Cadere questions the function and role of the work of art, and above all its purpose. He doesn't just produce; he conceptualizes. This is one of the reasons why his works were so popular during his lifetime. Since his death in 1974, his works have gone from strength to strength. They are highly prized by contemporary art lovers. 

His signature

André Cadere's works are not signed, so if you think you own one, expertise is essential.  

Appraising your property 

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