Verner Panton: career timeline

Danish · 1926–1998 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 159 of 226 lots (70% 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.

Verner Panton: 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
1950s3231$1.6kSign upOther
1960s5955$1.8kSign upOther
1970s5149$1.8kSign upOther
1980s77$1.2kSign upOther
1990s1010$937Sign upOther

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1950s 32 works

Sold
31 of 32
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
32 × 21 in (81 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Other (25), Sculpture (5), Multiple (2)
Subjects
—
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…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 59 works

Sold
55 of 59
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$3.3kSign up
Typical size
29 × 24.5 in (74 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Other (45), Sculpture (6), Acrylic (4)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (4), Flowers & still life (2)
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…and 35 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 51 works

Sold
49 of 51
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$4.1kSign up
Typical size
30.5 × 25 in (77 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Other (37), Sculpture (6), Acrylic (6)
Subjects
—
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…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 7 works

Sold
7 of 7
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
15 × 20.5 in (39 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Other (7)
Subjects
—

1990s 10 works

Sold
10 of 10
Median
$937Sign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
33.5 × 16.5 in (85 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Other (9), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

67 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 12 works

Sold
12 of 12
Median
$869Sign up
Average
$1.5kSign up
Typical size
33 × 23 in (84 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Other (11), Multiple (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Flowers & still life (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 55 works

Sold
43 of 55
Median
$630Sign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
31 × 20 in (79 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Other (47), Sculpture (6), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 43 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 Verner Panton auction results →