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Tapio Wirkkala: career timeline

Finnish · 1915–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 163 of 282 lots (58% 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.

Tapio Wirkkala: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s53$500Sign upOther
1950s10676$2.5kSign upOther
1960s3227$1.1kSign upOther
1970s108$819Sign upOther
1980s97$920Sign upOther

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Enter what you know about a work by Tapio Wirkkala to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1940s 5 works

Sold
3 of 5
Median
$500Sign up
Average
$1kSign up
Typical size
4.5 × 5 in (11 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Other (5)
Subjects
—

1950s 106 works

Sold
76 of 106
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$5.9kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 11.5 in (21 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Other (96), Engraving (4), Sculpture (4)
Subjects
Birds (1)
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…and 82 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 32 works

Sold
27 of 32
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$2.3kSign up
Typical size
7 × 8 in (18 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (31), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1960s)

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

1970s 10 works

Sold
8 of 10
Median
$819Sign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
5 × 8.5 in (13 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Other (7), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
—

1980s 9 works

Sold
7 of 9
Median
$920Sign up
Average
$1.5kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 8 in (19 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Other (7), Sculpture (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

119 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 3 works

Sold
1 of 3
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
16 × 49 in (41 × 124 cm)
Mediums
Other (3)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 15 works

Sold
9 of 15
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 4.5 in (40 × 12 cm)
Mediums
Other (14), Engraving (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 101 works

Sold
64 of 101
Median
$578Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
13 × 6 in (33 × 16 cm)
Mediums
Other (94), Engraving (5), Sculpture (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 89 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 Tapio Wirkkala auction results →