Axel Salto: career timeline

Danish · 1889–1961 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 79 of 112 lots (71% 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.

Axel Salto: 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
1920s	2	2	$23.5kSign up	Sculpture
1930s	12	11	$14kSign up	Sculpture
1940s	28	24	$23.4kSign up	Sculpture
1950s	30	28	$4.2kSign up	Sculpture
1960s	7	6	$3.3kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $23.5kSign up
Average: $23.5kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 10.5 in (39 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1929 vase$5kSign up
1929 Rare 'Three Deers in a Cornfield' vase$41.9kSign up

1930s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $14kSign up
Average: $20.6kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 9 in (18 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (12)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 Vase, model no. 20664$5.3kSign up
1931 A 'Budding' Vase, executed 1931Unsold
c. 1931 Unique and important 'Den Italienske Skaal' large bowl$81.3kSign up
c. 1932 "Aktaeon" mask$19.1kSign up
c. 1932 "Aktæonmaske"$20.2kSign up
1933 Vase$38.7kSign up
1935 Budding vase$6.3kSign up
1935 Vase with appliqués in the form of branches and fruit$14kSign up
1936 Budding vase$7.6kSign up
1936 Vase in the "Budding" style, model no. 20665$12.7kSign up
1936 Budding Fruits vase$4.2kSign up
1937 Pale yellow corn textured bulbous vase$17kSign up

1940s 28 works

Sold: 24 of 28
Median: $23.4kSign up
Average: $40.3kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 9.5 in (20 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (27), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1940 Vase$2.7kSign up
c. 1940 Unique large vase in the 'Budding' styleUnsold
c. 1940 Unique and large vase in the 'Budding' style$182kSign up
1940 for Royal CopenhagenUnsold
c. 1940 Vase with 'knobbed' style appliquésUnsold
1942 Unique vase in 'Den Spirende Stil' (The Sprouting Style)$108kSign up
1944 Sprouting vase$15.4kSign up
1944 Vase, model no 20670, designed 1944, executed 1968$4.8kSign up
1944 Vase, model no 20679, designed 1944$7.6kSign up
1944 Vase in the 'Budding' style, model no. 20.713$25.4kSign up
1944 Vase in the "Budding" style, model no. 20713$35.6kSign up
1944 Vase, model no. 20709$16.6kSign up

Show 12 more (1940s)

c. 1944 Bowl, model no. 20728$2.2kSign up
c. 1945 Vase in the "Budding" style, model no. 20226$30.5kSign up
c. 1945 Monumental vase in the "Budding" style$57.1kSign up
1945 Unique large vase in 'Den Spirende Stil' (the Sprouting Style)$209kSign up
1946 'Fruit Form' vase, model no. 20818$10.2kSign up
1946 Budding gourd vase$9.5kSign up
c. 1946 Vase in the "Sprouting" style, model no. 20817$21.6kSign up
1946 "Fruit Form" vase, model no. 20818$19.1kSign up
1946 Vase in the "Sprouting" style, model no. 20817$27.9kSign up
1946 Vase in the "Sprouting" style, model no. 20817$30.5kSign up
1946 Vase in the 'Sprouting' style, model no. 20817$33.2kSign up
1946 'Fruit Form' vase, model no. 20818$18.2kSign up

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 30 works

Sold: 28 of 30
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $21.3kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 6.5 in (16 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (29), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1950 Vase$1.6kSign up
c. 1950 Budding Fruits vase$3.8kSign up
c. 1950 Budding Fruits vase$6.5kSign up
c. 1950 Large vase$4.4kSign up
c. 1950 Budding Fruits vase$12.5kSign up
c. 1950 Vase$2.5kSign up
c. 1950 vase$1.2kSign up
c. 1950 drawing$4kSign up
1951 Budding vase$14kSign up
1951 Vase$2.1kSign up
1951 Budding Fruits vase$10.6kSign up
1952 'Dafne forvandles til et Træ' (Daphne transforms into a tree) sculpture$48.3kSign up

Show 12 more (1950s)

1954 Vase$2.4kSign up
1954 Cabinet vase$1.6kSign up
1955 Budding bowl$1.9kSign up
1955 Vase in the 'Budding' style, model no. 21330$9.9kSign up
1955 Vase in the 'Budding' style, model no. 21329$49.7kSign up
1955 Budding bowl$1.1kSign up
c. 1955 Vase in the 'budding' styleUnsold
1956 Cabinet vase$1.1kSign up
c. 1956 "Core of Power" (“Kraftens Kerne”), model no. 21375$95.3kSign up
c. 1956 “The Core of Power” (“Kraftens Kerne”) sculpture$63kSign up
1956 Large bowl$3kSign up
1956 vase$3.8kSign up

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $16.4kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 5 in (18 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7)
Subjects: —

1960 Budding vase$1.9kSign up
c. 1960 vase$8.8kSign up
c. 1960 Budding vase$1.7kSign up
c. 1960 vase$3.3kSign up
c. 1960 Budding vase$3.3kSign up
c. 1960 Vase in the 'Sprouting' styleUnsold
c. 1960 'Large Fruit Form' vase$79.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

33 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $12.7kSign up
Average: $12.7kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 12 in (53 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2001 fetish vase$12.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 12 works

Sold: 8 of 12
Median: $3.4kSign up
Average: $11.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (9), Other (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 Table lamp$12kSign up
sold 2013 Vase in the 'Sprouting' style$36.1kSign up
sold 2013 ‘Sommervase’$30.1kSign up
sold 2014 Screen printUnsold
sold 2015 Vase$1.5kSign up
sold 2015 Vase$4.8kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2018 VaseUnsold
sold 2018 Living Stones VaseUnsold
sold 2018 Budding VaseUnsold
sold 2018 Budding Style vase$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 Bowls (2)$2kSign up
sold 2018 Budding Fruit vase$2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 20 works

Sold: 18 of 20
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $8.7kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 8.5 in (20 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (18), Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 RIBBED BOWL, CIRCA 1975$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 Deer$2.6kSign up
sold 2021 Budding vase$5kSign up
sold 2021 Vase$16.3kSign up
sold 2022 Vase$1.6kSign up
sold 2022 Decorated Bowl$701Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Budding Bowl$1.7kSign up
sold 2022 'Budding' Vase$1.4kSign up
sold 2022 Vase$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Budding table lamp$5.3kSign up
sold 2022 Budding table lamp$5.3kSign up
sold 2023 BowlUnsold

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Axel Salto auction results →