Jo Delahaut Auction Prices and Value Guide
Jo Delahaut auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,177 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Jo Delahaut auction prices: quick answer
Jo Delahaut auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Jo Delahaut
- Source records
- 1,177
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Jo Delahaut
Jo Delahaut (1911–1992) was a Belgian painter, sculptor, graphic designer, and ceramicist recognized as a leading figure in post-war abstract art in Belgium. Born in Vottem, he spent much of his career in the Brussels area and was active as an academy lecturer and art historian alongside his studio practice. Delahaut co-founded three influential Belgian art groups — Art abstrait, Formes, and Art construit — that helped establish geometric and constructive abstraction as a significant current in twentieth-century Belgian art. His work spans painting, sculpture, ceramics, and bookbinding, reflecting a broad engagement with form, color, and material. With over a thousand works documented in auction databases, Delahaut remains a frequently encountered name for collectors of modern European abstraction.
Belgian abstract art (Art abstrait, Art construit)oil paintingsculptureceramicsgraphic worksabstract compositiongeometric abstraction
Common works and media
Delahaut's most commonly encountered works in appraisal and auction contexts include abstract oil paintings on canvas and panel, geometric compositions in gouache or ink on paper, screen prints and lithographs, ceramic pieces, and sculptural works. His graphic design output and artist books also surface in specialist sales. Collectors may encounter both unique studio works and editioned prints across a range of scales.
Market and appraisal context
Jo Delahaut's work trades in an active European auction market with 681 total lots and 499 priced results recorded between December 2002 and January 2026. The price distribution is broad but right-skewed: the median stands at €625, the 75th percentile at €3,125, and the ceiling reaches €52,920. Recent comparable results illustrate the tiering — oil paintings from the 1950s such as "Espace jaune" (1954) achieved €11,000 at MJV Soudant, while a 1947 canvas "Conciliabules" brought €12,000 at Piasa in January 2026. Later-period oils and acrylics from the 1970s–1980s cluster between €5,000 and €13,000 at houses like Piasa and Karl & Faber. At the entry level, editioned screen prints and lithographs sell between €220 and €650, and ephemera such as greeting cards and artist books trade under €400. Liquidity is moderate: 22 lots appeared in the trailing twelve months against 37 in the prior period, suggesting a softening but still steady pipeline. The artist is sold predominantly through Belgian and French houses — Cornette de Saint-Cyr-Bruxelles, Piasa, Bernaerts, Pierre Bergé & Associés, and Galerie Moderne — with occasional appearances at Bonhams, Kunsthaus Lempertz, and Karl & Faber, giving the market a strong Franco-Belgian centre with secondary reach into Germany and the broader European circuit.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- oil painting
- works on paper
- prints and multiples
- ceramics
- sculpture
Value drivers
- [object Object]
Appraisal caveats
- Specific realized prices and auction history are not available in this source pack; market estimates should draw from additional auction records
- Death date sources conflict (BnF gives Feb 18, 1992; French Wikipedia gives Feb 20, 1992); this does not affect appraisal but should be noted for catalogue accuracy
- All price data is denominated in EUR and reflects hammer prices at European auction houses; buyer's premiums, taxes, and currency conversion are not included.
- Some recent lots show null price-realised values, indicating either unsold results or as-yet-unreported prices. The priced-lot count (499 of 681) means approximately 27% of lots lack a recorded outcome.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- VIAF (OCLC) library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Jo Delahaut worth?
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