Kaare Klint and Edvard Kindt-Larsen - Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 5, May 1943, p. 74, fig. 6
    Arne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design: in the 20th Century, Volume 1, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 62-63 for a drawing and an image
    Gorm Harkær, Kaare Klint: Volume 1, Copenhagen, 2010, p. 362 for a period image and sketches
    Gorm Harkær, Kaare Klint: Volume 2, Copenhagen, 2010, p. 32

  • Catalogue Essay

    The architect Kaare Klint references his then pupil from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Edvard Kindt-Larsen for his contribution to the ‘Mix’ chair, after writing on a sketch ‘a mixture of Kindt and Klint’.

    Phillips wishes to thank Ann-Marie Siersted from Rud. Rasmussen for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.

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'Mix' easy chair, model no. 4396

designed 1930, executed 1932
Cuban mahogany, Niger leather, brass nailheads.
78.5 x 66 x 81 cm (30 7/8 x 25 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Executed by cabinetmakers Rud. Rasmussen A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØRREBROGADE/KØBENHAVN and handwritten serial number 11500 and architect's monogrammed paper labels.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for £47,500

Contact Specialist
Madalena Horta e Costa
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4019

Nordic Design

London Auction 1 October 2015