Ólafur Elíasson
Danish · b. 1967 · Photographer
Olafur Eliasson is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Color experiment No. 3Phillips · $257,000≈ £163,600≈ €226,871Sign up to see
Your space eruptionPhillips · $221,000≈ £146,164≈ €206,330Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · £104,500≈ $164,358≈ €146,892Sign up to see
Ólafur Elíasson’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
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Price trend
9 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 5 | 5 | 100% | $63.6kSign up | $20kSign up | $257kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $131kSign up | $131kSign up | $257kSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 3 | 100% | $19kSign up | $20kSign up | $26.2kSign up |
| Works on paper | 9 | 7 | 78% | $16.2kSign up | $15.2kSign up | $35kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 6 | 86% | $18.8kSign up | $18.3kSign up | $35kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $693Sign up | $693Sign up | $693Sign up |
| Prints & multiples | 5 | 5 | 100% | $10.4kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $40kSign up |
| Lithograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.1kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $1.1kSign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $4.6kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $4.6kSign up |
| Print (other) | 3 | 3 | 100% | $15.4kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $40kSign up |
| Photography | 29 | 26 | 90% | $22.6kSign up | $10.7kSign up | $119kSign up |
| Photograph | 29 | 26 | 90% | $22.6kSign up | $10.7kSign up | $119kSign up |
| Sculpture | 32 | 29 | 91% | $60.2kSign up | $50.4kSign up | $221kSign up |
| Other | 35 | 26 | 74% | $35.3kSign up | $19kSign up | $100kSign 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 5 | $26.2kSign up |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | $18.1kSign up |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 | $4kSign up |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | $12.7kSign up |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | $18.4kSign up |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | $7.2kSign up |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | $21.4kSign up |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | $20kSign up |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | $11.4kSign up |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | $40kSign up |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | $47.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 12 | 10 | $48.1kSign up |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | $61kSign up |
| 2013 | 9 | 7 | $29.7kSign up |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | $10kSign up |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | $9.2kSign up |