Tapio Wirkkala - Important Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Edgar Kaufmann Jr, “The Wonderworks of Tapio Wirkkala”, Interiors, November 1951, p. 95
    Domus (Milan), vol. 259, 1951, p. 18
    Domus (Milan), vol. 266, January 1952, masthead, pp. 18, 44
    'Forms in Glass and Plywood', Arts & Architecture, July 1953, pp. 20-21
    Marianne Aav and Nina StritzlerLevine, eds., Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-1997, New York, 1998, p. 247
    Marianne Aav, Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Gordon Bowyer, et al., Tapio Wirkkala - eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, p. 224, p. 252, fig. 435, p. 262, fig. 455

148

Two 'Leaf' platters

circa 1951
Laminated-birch plywood.
Largest: 4 x 37 x 19.5 cm (1 5/8 x 14 5/8 x 7 5/8 in)
Produced by Martti Lindqvist, Finland. Underside of each incised with ‘W’ (2).

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠

Sold for £7,500

Important Nordic Design

27 September 2012
London