Finn Juhl - Design New York Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Erik Wørts, “Den syvogtyvende,” Dansk Kunsthaandværk, no. 11, November 1953, p. 181
    Esbjørn Hiort, Modern Danish Furniture, New York, 1956, p. 62
    Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 271-72, 311
    Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 58-59
    Patricia Yamada, ed., Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Gallery "Air Molèk Kota," Osaka, 1990, pp. 76-79 and p. 139 for a drawing
    Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, p. 98 and p. 99 for a drawing

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model was exhibited at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Design Museum Denmark, 1953.

Property from a Private Manhattan Collection

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Pair of armchairs, model no. FJ 53

circa 1953
Teak, fabric upholstery, brass.
Each: 29 3/4 x 28 1/4 x 30 in. (75.6 x 71.8 x 76.2 cm)
Executed by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside with retailer’s brass plaque impressed with ILLUMS BOLIGHUS/KØBENHAVN.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $21,250

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New York Auction 17 December 2019