Clive van den Berg: career timeline

South African · b. 1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 34 lots (46% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Clive van den Berg: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1980s	2	1	$192Sign up	Pastel
1990s	4	2	$106Sign up	Lithograph
2010s	4	1	$3.6kSign up	Oil
2020s	2	2	$5.7kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $192Sign up
Average: $192Sign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 13 in (32 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1986 Halley's Comet Bluff, Durban$192Sign up
1987 Island - AdriftUnsold · sold 2×

1990s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $106Sign up
Average: $106Sign up
Typical size: 21 × 16 in (54 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (4)

1994 Untitled (Chair in a Landscape)$108Sign up
1994 Untitled (Chair in a Landscape)Unsold
1994 Untitled (Chair in a Landscape)Unsold
1994 Untitled (Chair in a Landscape)$105Sign up

2010s 4 works

Sold: 1 of 4
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 7 in (53 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 24 in (66 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2020 Untitled (Meander)$1.3kSign up
2025 Unsettled Air IX$10.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

14 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works

Sold: 3 of 7
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 13.5 in (36 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Pastel (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Intergenerational dreamsUnsold
sold 2017 Farewells, ten$724Sign up
sold 2018 Two in Bed and Space for a Ghost$2.7kSign up
sold 2019 Bluff, AgainUnsold
sold 2019 First Days in Johannesburg, twoUnsold
sold 2019 Cave Rock, DurbanUnsold

Show 1 more (2010s)

sold 2019 Land Throws up a Ghost I$15.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 3 of 7
Median: $391Sign up
Average: $437Sign up
Typical size: 21 × 19.5 in (54 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Oil (3), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Abstract (3), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2022 Man Holding a Perforated Cone$391Sign up
sold 2022 AbstractUnsold
sold 2023 Island, AloneUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2025 Surreal Bedroom Landscape$263Sign up
sold 2025 Ship Leaving a Dock at Night$658Sign up
sold 2026 Abstract IIUnsold · sold 4×

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sold 2026 Abstract IUnsold · sold 4×

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Clive van den Berg auction results →