Hans J. Wegner - Design London Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Phillips
  • Condition Report

  • Description

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  • Provenance

    Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 'Furniture and Design', 6 October 2010, lot 1178
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Johan Møller Nielsen, Wegner en Dansk Møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, pp. 76, 78-80
    Frederik Sieck, 'Hans J. Wegner', Mobilia, April 1976, p. 64
    Henrik Sten Mølller, Tema Med Variationer: Hans J. Wegner’s Møbler, Tønder, 1979, p. 49
    Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst Gennem 40 Aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 213
    Hans J. Wegner en stolemager, exh. cat., Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 1989, pp. 62-63
    Jens Bernsen, Hans J. Wegner: Om Design, exh. cat., Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen, 1994, pp. 15, 75
    Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 114-115
    Hans J. Wegner, exh. cat., Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 36-37
    Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: Just One Good Chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, p. 136
    Christian Holmsted Olesen, The Danish Chair: An International Affair, Copenhagen, 2018, pp. 162-163

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model chair was exhibited at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild', Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 26 September-12 October 1952, stand 23.

82

Set of eight 'Cowhorn' chairs, model no. 505

circa 1952
Oak, mahogany, fabric.
Each: 74.5 x 58 x 45 cm (29 3/8 x 22 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Executed by master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside of each with manufacturer's metal label impressed JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN-DENMARK/DESIGN: H.J. WEGNER.

Estimate
£22,000 - 28,000 

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Design

London Auction 13 November 2024