Finn Juhl - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Thursday, December 3, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Denmark
    Acquired 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
    Esbjørn Hiort, Modern Danish Furniture, New York, 1956, p. 52
    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, 158-60, 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.

145

Pair of easy chairs, model no. FJ 45

teak, fabric, leather
each 83.5 x 67.5 x 74 cm. (32 7/8 x 26 5/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Designed 1945. Executed by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside of each impressed CABINETMAKER NIELS VODDER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGN FINN JUHL.

Estimate
HK$250,000 - 350,000 
€31,900-44,700
$32,100-44,900

Sold for HK$302,400

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 4 December 2020