Property from an Important Private Collection
Alvar Aalto
Lounge Chair, model no. 39
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Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Alvar Aalto
Chaise Lounge
designed circa 1947
model no. 39
produced by O.Y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennusyötehdas, A.B., Turku, retailed by Artek
bent laminated birch, webbing
24 ½ x 24 ⅜ x 60 in. (62.2 x 61.9 x 152.4 cm)
Alexander von Vegesack, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Phillips New York, Masterworks from the Collection of Alexander von Vegesack, December 8, 2005, lot 7
Acquired from the above by the present owner
100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996-2000
R. Craig Miller, Modern Design in The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1890–1990, New York, 1990, pp. 152–53
Marie-Laure Jousset and Katarina V. Posch, Portrait d'une collection: Alexander von Vegesack, exh. cat., Centres Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, p. 42 (for the present lot illustrated)
Alexander von Vegesack et al., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 140-141 (for the present lot illustrated)
Pirkko Tuukkanen, Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, Finland, 2002, p. 175