Alvar Aalto
Finnish · 1898–1976
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never… (Wikipedia)
1 work by Alvar Aalto with an auction history (offered more than once) →
Record prices
Large ‘Beehive’ ceiling light, model no. A332Phillips · £52,500≈ $84,189≈ €62,367Sign up to see
Unique screen, designed for the Hotel Vaakuna, HelsinkiPhillips · £27,500≈ $45,086≈ €35,152Sign up to see
Pair of armchairs, model no. 48Phillips · £31,250≈ $40,663≈ €36,469Sign up to see
Alvar Aalto’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).
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- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €500–
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €1,500–
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €500–
- 'Tank' Settee, 1950sUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. $5,000–7,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €1,000–1,500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £1,500–2,500
- A stool 'X600' model, 1960sUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. €850–950
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €1,200–
Also offered, result not published (3)
Lots by Alvar Aalto that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Alvar Aalto paintings (109)Alvar Aalto prints (5)Alvar Aalto woodcuts & linocuts (5)Alvar Aalto sculpture (12)
Alvar Aalto signature
12 catalogued lots by Alvar Aalto record a signature line. Most often: signed.
Form
Signed: Alvar Aalto Iittala 2003
— Vase, Iittala, Hagelstam, Oct 6, 2026Signed: Alvar Aalto Iittala 2008
— Vase, Iittala, Hagelstam, Oct 6, 2026Signed: Alvar Aalto Iiittala 2004
— Vase, Iittala, Hagelstam, Oct 6, 2026
About Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture." Aalto's early career ran in parallel with the rapid economic growth and industrialization of Finland during the first half of the 20th century. Many of his clients were industrialists, among them the Ahlström-Gullichsen family, who became his patrons. The span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Nordic Classicism of the early work, to a rational International Style Modernism during the 1930s to a more organic modernist style from the 1940s onwards.
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