Marcel Broodthaers
Belgian · 1924–1976 · Painter, Printmaker
Marcel Broodthaers was a Belgian poet, filmmaker, and visual artist. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Éloge du sujetPhillips · £381,000≈ $497,700≈ €455,269Sign up to see
AbbildungPhillips · £218,500≈ $333,781≈ €256,124Sign up to see
MoulesPhillips · £168,750≈ $219,949≈ €202,401Sign up to see
Marcel Broodthaers’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).
Coming up at auction
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Lots sold
78
of 102 offered · 2004–2025
Sell-through
76%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 15 | 11 | 73% | $115kSign up | $87.5kSign up | $498kSign up |
| Oil | 3 | 3 | 100% | $95.6kSign up | $90.9kSign up | $144kSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 1 | 33% | $87.5kSign up | $87.5kSign up | $87.5kSign up |
| Mixed media | 3 | 3 | 100% | $170kSign up | $6.6kSign up | $498kSign up |
| Works on paper | 17 | 11 | 65% | $20.2kSign up | $14kSign up | $72.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 13 | 8 | 62% | $20.7kSign up | $13.7kSign up | $72.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 48 | 39 | 81% | $13.3kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $127kSign up |
| Lithograph | 13 | 10 | 77% | $12.2kSign up | $8.2kSign up | $46.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 7 | 5 | 71% | $9.7kSign up | $8.6kSign up | $16.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 27 | 24 | 89% | $14.5kSign up | $7kSign up | $127kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Photography | 8 | 6 | 75% | $64.6kSign up | $6.2kSign up | $220kSign up |
| Photograph | 8 | 6 | 75% | $64.6kSign up | $6.2kSign up | $220kSign up |
| Other | 14 | 11 | 79% | $49.8kSign up | $7kSign up | $334kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 21 | $7.5kSign up |
| 2024 | 13 | 8 | $50.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | $13.4kSign up |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | $122kSign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | $4.4kSign up |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | $9.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | $5.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | $32.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | $8.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | $72.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $9.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $12.7kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $19.2kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $79.9kSign up |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | $3.6kSign up |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | $4kSign up |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | $1.9kSign up |