Kaare Klint
Fourteen "Red" Chairs
Live auction begins on:
October 22, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Bid
10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Kaare Klint
1888-1954
Fourteen "Red" Chairs
circa 1927
produced by Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier, Copenhagen, Denmark
each with original manufacturer's label printed RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØRREBROGADE/KØBENHAVN and inscribed with handwritten inventory numbers and with the architect's monogrammed paper label inscribed KK
Cuban mahogany, leather upholstery, brass
Twelve smaller chairs: height 33 ⅝ in.; width 18 ½ in.; depth 19 ¼ in. each
85.4 cm; 47 cm; 48.9 cm
Two larger chairs: height 33 ⅝ in.; width 21 in.; depth 20 ½ in. each
85.4 cm; 53.3 cm; 52.1 cm
Private Collection;
Christie's London, An Adventurous Spirit: An Important Private Collection Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation, December 13, 2018, lot 117;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 1, January 1943, p. 74, fig. 7
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 1: 1927-1936, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 120 (for a drawing), 121 and 169
Anne-Louise Sommer, Kaare Klint, Aschehoug, Denmark, 2006, p. 30
Arne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, vol. 1, Copenhagen, 2007, cover
Gorm Harkaer, Kaare Klint: Volume 1, Copenhagen, 2010, pp. 229, 234, 239 (for a drawing), 348, 361, 400 and 469
Gorm Harkaer, Kaare Klint: Volume 2, Copenhagen, 2010, pp. 29-30
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