Finn Juhl 1912-1989
Pair Of Easy Chairs Model No FJ 53 , 1953 (Executed)
Lot #112 |
2019-11-25 |
Phillips, Hong Kong
20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale
Category:
Furniture
Estimate:
HKD 150,000 - 250,000 (currency of sale)
USD 19,163 - 31,939 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Phillips
Auction number: HK010419
Auction name: 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Hong Kong
Start date: 2019-11-25
End date: 2019-11-25
Currency: HKD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Furniture Design
Department: Decorative & Applied Arts
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Dimensions: Each: 74.9 x 72 x 75.3 cm. (29 1/2 x 28 3/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
75.3
Width In Centimeters:
74.9
Depth In Centimeters:
72
Height In Inches:
29.5
Width In Inches:
29.375
Depth In Inches:
28
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Year notes: Executed in 1953.
Provenance
Private Collection, Copenhagen
Condition
Reupholstered and repolished. Legs with few light scratches and indentations. Brass with tarnish.
Literature
Erik Wørts, 'Den Syvogtyvende', <em>Dansk Kunsthaandværk</em>, no. 11, November 1953, p. 181<br />Esbjørn Hiort, <em>Modern Danish Furniture</em>, New York, 1956, p. 62<br /><em>Niels Vodder Furniture</em>, Copenhagen, 1959, p. 12<br />Grete Jalk, ed., <em>Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956</em>, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 271-72, 311<br />Esbjørn Hiort, <em>Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art</em>, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 58-59 <br />Patricia Yamada, ed., <em>Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition</em>, exh. cat., Osaka, 1990, pp. 76-79, 139 <br />Noritsugu Oda,<em> Danish Chairs</em>, San Francisco, 1999, p. 98<br />Per H. Hansen, <em>Finn Juhl and His House</em>, Ostfildern, 2014, pp. 101, 103<br />Anne-Louise Sommer, <em>Watercolors by Finn Juhl</em>, Berlin, 2016, pp. 44-45