Herman Miller: career timeline
· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 34 of 37 lots (92% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | $969Sign up | Print (other) |
| 1950s | 5 | 5 | $990Sign up | Print (other) |
| 1960s | 17 | 17 | $590Sign up | Print (other) |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 | $455Sign up | Print (other) |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $67Sign up | Other |
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1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $969Sign up
- Average
- $972Sign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (4)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1948 Collection of fourteen price lists$699Sign up
c. 1948 Collection of five vintage manufacturer's catalogs$1.3kSign up
c. 1949 Collection of ephemera$1.1kSign up
1949 Collection of three manufacturer's catalogs$882Sign up
1950s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $990Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 12 in (29 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (4), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1950 Collection of ephemera$699Sign up
c. 1950 Collection of four manufacturer's catalogs$1.2kSign up
c. 1957 Collection of twenty-nine manufacturer's brochures$990Sign up
1958 Manufacturer's catalogues, set of two$318Sign up
c. 1959 Posters and ephemera$3kSign up
1960s 17 works
- Sold
- 17 of 17
- Median
- $590Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 8.5 in (28 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (6), Other (4), Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Daybed$396Sign up
c. 1960 Collection of ephemera$826Sign up
c. 1960 Collection of twenty-five photographs$445Sign up
c. 1960 CSS (Comprehensive Storage System) ephemera$393Sign up
1960 Advertising pamphlets$590Sign up
c. 1960 Ephemera$1kSign up
c. 1960 typing table$500Sign up
c. 1962 670 box$2.3kSign up
c. 1964 Collection of ephemera$3.8kSign up
c. 1964 Collection of ephemera$819Sign up
c. 1965 Collection of ephemera$445Sign up
c. 1965 collection of Concentric Circles and Naugahyde samples$344Sign up
Show 5 more (1960s)
c. 1966 Ephemera Collection$3kSign up
1967 Posters, set of two$393Sign up
c. 1968 Collection of forty-six furniture brochures$508Sign up
c. 1968 Collection of three catalogs$1.3kSign up
1968 Action Office 2 Kit$1.2kSign up
1970s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $455Sign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 17 in (29 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (4), Multiple (1), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1970 Collection of seven manufacturer's catalogs$2.4kSign up
c. 1970 Textile samples$189Sign up
c. 1970 Complete collection of Summer Picnic posters$20kSign up
c. 1970 teleidoscopes, set of three$455Sign up
1971 Posters, set of two$126Sign up
1972 office furniture newsletters, set of three$688Sign up
1974 Tetra Kite$65Sign up
1980s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
3 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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2024 MeubleUnsold
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 Herman Miller auction results →