Marcel Broodthaers: career timeline

Belgian · 1924–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 84 of 102 lots (82% 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.

Marcel Broodthaers: 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
1950s	2	1	$4.4kSign up	Photograph
1960s	25	18	$51.8kSign up	Other
1970s	57	43	$8kSign up	Print (other)

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $4.4kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 16.5 in (53 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

c. 1957 Sixteen Photographic Portraits 1957-1967 and One Self-portrait 1974$4.4kSign up
c. 1957 Sixteen Photographic Portraits 1957-1967 and One Self-portrait 1974Unsold

1960s 25 works

Sold: 18 of 25
Median: $51.8kSign up
Average: $67kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Other (10), Drawing (4), Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Markets & villages (1)

c. 1966 Bonne Année 1967Unsold
c. 1967 Le Corbeau et le RenardUnsold
1967 La Lettre d.Unsold
1967 Socle$144kSign up
1967 Untitled$90.9kSign up
1967 Moules$220kSign up
1968 Écran fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. O, fig. A$52kSign up
c. 1968 La pipe - ABCDEF$3.3kSign up
c. 1968 La pipe – Modèle: La pipe$8.2kSign up
c. 1968 Model: The Pipe (Modèle: La Pipe)Unsold
1968 Two works: (i) Académie I, (ii) Académie II$74.7kSign up
c. 1968 Figure$586Sign up

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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 57 works

Sold: 43 of 57
Median: $8kSign up
Average: $31.5kSign up
Typical size: 25.5 × 23 in (65 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (16), Lithograph (12), Other (9)
Subjects: Sea & coast (6), Markets & villages (1)

1970 Musée d'Art Moderne - Département des aigles et vampiresUnsold
1970 24 images/seconde$6.6kSign up
1970 La pipe, le feu$8kSign up
1970 Carte politique du monde$28.2kSign up
1970 M.B., 24 Images/Seconde$13.4kSign up
1971 Fig.1, Fig. 2, Fig. 0, Fig.12$4.4kSign up
1971 Musée d'Art Moderne à vendre pour cause de faillite (Museum of Modern Art for Sale due to Bankruptcy) (V. 5)$46.9kSign up
1972 À Barbara H., Souvenir de Düsseldorf/72 M.B$1.6kSign up
1972 PLAN VERT. La porte est ouverte (GREEN PLAN. The Door is Open) (V. 36)$7.8kSign up
1972 Das Recht (The Law) (V. 8)Unsold
1972 Museum – Museum (V. 9)$4.4kSign up
1972 Musée – Museum (V. 12)Unsold

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1972 Musée d'art moderne Dt. des aigles - Section publicité$72.3kSign up
1972 Museum-Museum$4.5kSign up
1972 Museum–MuseumUnsold
1972 Six lettres ouvertes Avis$2.3kSign up
1972 Six Letteres ouvertes Avis$4.4kSign up
1972 Correspondance - Briefwechsel$5.3kSign up
1972 Museum - Museum$14.9kSign up
1972 L'Ardoise Magique$12.7kSign up
1973 La méduse de MilletUnsold
1973 Eine Reise auf der Nordsee (A Voyage on the North Sea) (V. 40c)$705Sign up
1973 Jeter du poisson sur le marché de Cologne (Throwing Fish on the Cologne Market) (V. 38)$7kSign up
1973 Magie. Art et politique (Magic. Art and Politics) (V. 37)Unsold

…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

18 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 2000s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $13.6kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 8.5 in (30 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (7), Other (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2004 Fig. A$1.9kSign up
sold 2004 Citron-Citroen$5.7kSign up
sold 2004 Vive la Liberté$1.7kSign up
sold 2005 Six Lettres Ouvertes Avis$4.5kSign up
sold 2005 Six Lettres ouverts. Avis$3.6kSign up
sold 2006 Six Lettres ouvertes$3.5kSign up

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sold 2006 Six Lettres ouvertes$3.7kSign up
sold 2007 Ohne Titel$79.9kSign up
sold 2008 Trade Mark$18kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $6.9kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 8.5 in (30 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Six Lettres ouvertes (Avis)$4.1kSign up
sold 2014 Six Letters ouvertes Avis$9.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $10.3kSign up
Average: $49.1kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 13.5 in (24 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Other (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2021 Åufs peints en vert et coquetier$108kSign up
sold 2022 Figure$556Sign up
sold 2024 Figures$127kSign up
sold 2025 Two works: (i) La chasse ; (ii) La chasse – vive la liberté$10.3kSign up
sold 2025 My Ogre Book, Shadow Theater, Midnight [3 titles, one inscribed]$22Sign up
sold 2025 Baviere occidental baviere orientalUnsold

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sold 2025 Grüsse Gott! – neige internelleUnsold

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 Marcel Broodthaers auction results →