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Born in Blois, Michel Maly (1936–2018) developed a figurative practice in which the city became the setting for scenes populated by numerous figures. Paris, New York, Venice and Florence informed his expressionist storytelling, rendered in thickly applied paint. The Bénézit entry connects his work with his training in Lyon and encounters with André Cottavoz, Jean Fusaro and Jacques Truphémus. His first exhibitions took place in 1959 in Geneva, introduced by the poet Alain Borne, and then in Lyon with Denise Mermillon. Awarded the Prix Fénéon in 1968, Maly continued to explore places and the activity within them. The exhibition “La Toscane et Venise”, presented in Paris in 2002, demonstrates the presence of Italian landscapes in his work.
This profile brings together identity references for Michel Maly and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Les pêcheurs à Venise
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-09-22
Published result : 240 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Oil on canvas
Le campanile
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-09-22
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Oil on canvas
Venedig
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-06-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–700
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Oil on canvas
Die Badenden
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-09-19
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Bouquet sur fond noir
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2019-03-18
Published result : 320 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–400
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Belebter Marktplatz.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2013-11-09
Published result : 350 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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Oil on artist’s board
Mer au ciel noir.
Öl auf Malkarton
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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"Le Café".
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800
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"Bouquet aux fleurs jaunes".
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 570 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800
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Bouquet rouge.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 750
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"Le Café".
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 650 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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