Finn Juhl - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale Hong Kong Saturday, May 25, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Copenhagen, circa 1955
    Thence by descent
    Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Ebbe Kornerup, 'Ægte og uægte Form og Konstruktion', Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 12, December 1945, p. 166
    Niels Vodder Furniture, Copenhagen, 1959, p. 8
    Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 276-77
    Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture-Architecture-Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 20, 25-26, 28, 34-35, 78, 101, 105
    Patricia Yamada, ed., Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Osaka, 1990, pp. 24, 42-45, 130
    Per H. Hansen, Finn Juhl and His House, Ostfildern, 2014, pp. 4, 31, 41, 46, 79, 150, 152-53, 158-59, 160, 185, 206
    Anne-Louise Sommer, Watercolors by Finn Juhl, Berlin, 2016, pp. 32-33, 103, 109, 112

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model was exhibited at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild', Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 28 September–14 October 1945, stand 14.

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Pair of armchairs, model no. FJ 45

Bangkok teak, fabric, leather
Each: 83.5 x 69.5 x 78 cm. (32 7/8 x 27 3/8 x 30 3/4 in.)
Executed by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed 1945, produced circa 1955.

Estimate
HK$250,000 - 350,000 
€28,600-40,000
$32,100-44,900

Sold for HK$412,500

Contact Specialist
Isaure de Viel Castel
Head of Department, 20th Century & Contemporary Art

Charlotte Raybaud
Head of Day Sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 26 May 2019