A MODERNIST DANISH SILVER FRUIT BOWL, HENNING KOPPEL FOR GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1945-77 |

the undulating bowl on a geometric openwork foot, No. 980A

Esbjørn Hiort, Modern Danish Silver, New York, 1954, p. 96
Fifty Years of Danish Silver in the Georg Jensen Tradition, 1955, p. 50
Viggo Sten Moller, Henning Koppel, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 11
Georg Jensen Sølv, 1966, p. 58
Graham Hughes, Modern Silver Throughout the World 1880-1967, New York, 1967, p. 21
Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 77 Years, exh. cat., Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC, 1980, p. 19
Henning Koppel: A Commemorative Exhibition, exh. cat., Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen, 1982, p. 6
Niels-Jorgen Kaiser, Henning Koppels Verden, 2000, p. 65
Janet Drucker and William Drucker, Georg Jensen 20th Century Design, Atglen, PA, 2002, p. 104
David A. Taylor and Jason W. Laskey, Georg Jensen Holloware: The Silver Fund Collection, New York, 2003, p. 29

Clear marks to foot. Good condition.
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This asymmetrical bowl was designed in 1948 and received the gold medal at the 1951 Milan Triennale.