Hugh Acton: career timeline
1925–2018 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 42 of 48 lots (88% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 14 | 14 | $2kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 17 | 17 | $500Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 10 | 10 | $782Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $1.8kSign up | Other |
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1950s 14 works
- Sold
- 14 of 14
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 59 in (36 × 150 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (13), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1950 Lollipop Table$1.5kSign up
1954 Bench$2.8kSign up
1954 Bench$2.1kSign up
1954 bench$2.4kSign up
c. 1954 Early prototype bench$2kSign up
1954 bench$2kSign up
1954 bench$1.6kSign up
1954 Suspended Beam slat bench$3.3kSign up
1954 Suspended Beam bench$3.2kSign up
c. 1955 prototype bench$3.5kSign up
c. 1955 Rare bench$1.1kSign up
c. 1955 Executive Sofa$1.6kSign up
Show 2 more (1950s)
c. 1955 Executive lounge chair$3.8kSign up
1956 bench$1.7kSign up
1960s 17 works
- Sold
- 17 of 17
- Median
- $500Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 23.5 × 20 in (60 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (8), Other (7), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Ashtray on stand$189Sign up
c. 1960 Rare shelving system$8.2kSign up
c. 1960 occasional tables, pair$635Sign up
c. 1960 collection of AMV tabletop accessories$750Sign up
c. 1960 nightstand$750Sign up
c. 1960 coffee table$625Sign up
c. 1960 shelving unit$1kSign up
c. 1960 collection of AMV Smokers$381Sign up
c. 1960 collection of seven AMV Planters$2.8kSign up
c. 1960 occasional table$438Sign up
c. 1960 AMV Accessories poster$219Sign up
c. 1960 occasional table$219Sign up
Show 5 more (1960s)
c. 1960 cabinets, set of two$1kSign up
c. 1962 Early Acton Stacker chair model$250Sign up
c. 1965 letter trays, pair$188Sign up
c. 1965 prototype magazine rack$500Sign up
c. 1965 prototype magazine rack$438Sign up
1970s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $782Sign up
- Average
- $788Sign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 12.5 in (44 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Other (2), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1970 drafting table$1.2kSign up
c. 1970 table lamp$563Sign up
c. 1975 Untitled$1.3kSign up
c. 1975 Untitled$938Sign up
c. 1975 occasional table$563Sign up
c. 1975 occasional tables, pair$1.1kSign up
c. 1975 Rondo stands, set of three$875Sign up
c. 1978 prototype desk chair$375Sign up
1978 Megaforms vessels, set of two$375Sign up
1978 collection of ten Megaforms vessels$688Sign up
1990s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 53 in (46 × 135 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1990 free-edge bench$1.8kSign up
Creation date not recorded
6 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 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 77 in (37 × 196 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2019 bench$2.3kSign up
sold 2019 Experimental free-edge bench$2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Suspended Beam bench$2.7kSign up
sold 2021 long Suspended Beam bench$2.5kSign up
sold 2021 planters, pair$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 Rare Coffee Table$2kSign up
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 Hugh Acton auction results →