David Claerbout

Netherlandish · b. 1969 · Draughtsman, Photographer

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10auction results2013–2025years recorded70%sold (7)$17.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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The Algiers’ Section of a Happy MomentPhillips · Dec 2013£120,100≈ $196,772≈ €142,930Sign up to see
The Piano PlayerPhillips · Feb 2016£23,750≈ $34,573≈ €30,712Sign up to see
Sections of a Happy MomentPhillips · Oct 2020£21,420≈ $27,972≈ €23,601Sign up to see

David Claerbout’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

ArtSell has recorded 10 auction results for David Claerbout between 2013 and 2025, of which 7 sold (70%). Recorded sale prices range from $1.4kSign up free to see to $197kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $197kSign up free to see for The Algiers’ Section of a Happy Moment at Phillips in December 2013. The most common medium is photographs (4 lots). Results come from Phillips (10).

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Villa Corthout, 2001
black and white video projection with sound, in 10 parts · ed. AP
overall installation dimensions variable
Phillips · Nov 23, 2023 · Lot 66
£10,795≈ $13,534≈ €12,416Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
Sections of a Happy Moment, 2007
video projection with stereo sound, duration 25:57 minute loop, hard disk, DVD disk, CD Rom and electrical components · ed. 5/5
ideal projection dimensions 375 x 5 cm (147 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.) overall dimensions variable
Phillips · Oct 21, 2020 · Lot 259
£21,420≈ $27,972≈ €23,601Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
Untitled (Mist over Landscape I), 2002
Photograph · ed. 1/5
print 39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in. (100 x 140 cm.) install dimensions variable
Phillips · Feb 28, 2018 · Lot 161
$16,250≈ £11,763≈ €13,304Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
The Piano Player, 2002
digital beta, pal DVD, d.a.8 audio master, 7 min · ed. 2/5
Phillips · Feb 10, 2016 · Lot 240
£23,750≈ $34,573≈ €30,712Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
Study for a Portrait (Violetta), 2001
single-channel retro video projection, black & white, silent, fan, 16 second loop · ed. 2/5
74.9 x 55.9 cm (29 1/2 x 22 in.)
Phillips · Dec 9, 2015 · Lot 215
£11,875≈ $17,918≈ €16,377Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
Oslo Meeuw, 2003-2007
Photograph
23 x 26.9 cm (9 x 10 5/8 in.)
Phillips · Apr 8, 2014 · Lot 99
£813≈ $1,359≈ €986Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
The Algiers’ Section of a Happy Moment, 2008
single channel black and white video projection duration 37’12’’ loop · ed. 1/5
installation dimensions variable
Phillips · Dec 11, 2013 · Lot 68
£120,100≈ $196,772≈ €142,930Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £25,000–35,000View at Phillips ↗
Nightscape Lightbox (Fourth), 2002-2003
Photograph · Other support · ed. 5/5
125 x 145.8 x 20 cm (49 1/4 x 57 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Mar 4, 2025 · Lot 51
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
Venice Lightbox (Isola San Giorgio), 2000
Photograph · ed. AP
111.1 x 151.4 x 20.8 cm (43 3/4 x 59 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Phillips · Jul 15, 2020 · Lot 82
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £12,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
Dancing Couples (after: Couples at square dance, McIntosh County, Oaklahoma, 1939 or 1940), 2008
silent, colour, single channel video projection, 40 minute loop · ed. 1/5
dimensions variable
Phillips · Oct 16, 2014 · Lot 210
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £25,000–35,000View at Phillips ↗