Finn Juhl - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale Hong Kong Saturday, May 26, 2018 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen, late 1950s
    Private Collection, Denmark (acquired directly from the above)

  • Literature

    Bent Salicath, ‘Finn Juhl and Danish Furniture’, Architects’ Year Book 6, London, 1955, pp. 150, 152
    Dansk Kunsthåndværk, no. 3-4, 1956, p. 84 for an advertisement
    'Mobili di Finn Juhl', Domus, no. 315, February 1956, p. 44
    Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 60-61 for similar examples
    Per H. Hansen, Finn Juhl and His House, Ostfildern, 2014, pp. 64, 111

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Desk, model no. BO69

designed 1953, produced late 1950s
teak, painted wood, painted tubular metal, brass
75.3 x 224 x 85 cm. (29 5/8 x 88 1/4 x 33 1/2 in.) fully extended
Underside with retailer’s brass plaque impressed with ILLUMS BOLIGHUS/KØBENHAVNMADE IN/DENMARK underside of desk, extension leave, and one drawer stamped with MADE IN/DENMARK.

Estimate
HK$80,000 - 100,000 
€8,600-10,800
$10,300-12,800

Sold for HK$175,000

Contact Specialist
Jonathan Crockett
Deputy Chairman, Asia and Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Asia
+852 2318 2023

Isaure de Viel Castel
Head of Department
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Sandy Ma
Head of Sale
+852 2318 2025

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

Hong Kong Auction 27 May 2018