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Property from a Private Collection

Hans J. Wegner

"Papa Bear" Chair and Ottoman

Lot Closed

March 14, 06:18 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Hans J. Wegner

"Papa Bear" Chair and Ottoman


circa 1951

model no. AP 19

produced by A.P. Stolen, Denmark

offered together with four throw pillows

teak, leather upholstery

chair and ottoman stamped Made in Denmark/Designer:/Hans J. Wegner/A.P. STOLEN Copenhagen and each with the Danish Furniture Makers' Control label

chair: 38 3/4 x 36 1/4 x 36 in. (98.4 x 92.1 x 91.4 cm)

ottoman: 16 1/2 x 27 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (41.9 x 70.2 x 41.9 cm)

Johan Moller Nielsen, Wegner: Sitting Pretty, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 70

Noritsugu Oda, Hans J. Wegner's 100 Chairs, Tokyo, 2002, p. 49

Christian Holmsted Olesen, Hans J. Wegner: Danske Designere, Denmark, 2006, pp. 36 and 75

Charlotte & Peter Fiell, Chairs; 1,000 Masterpieces of Modern Design, 1800 to the Present Day, London, 2012, p. 290

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