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Hans J. Wegner

A Unique Easy Chair, Model No. JH521

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Hans J. Wegner

A Unique Easy Chair, Model No. JH521


circa 1953

executed by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark

oak, teak, fabric and leather upholstery

with a plaque signed JOHANNES HANSEN/CABINET MAKER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGNED H.J. WEGNER

38 3/4 x 35 1/4 x 34 in. (98.4 x 89.5 x 86.4 cm)

Estate of a Johannes Hansen Cabinetmakers Employee, Denmark
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Johan Møller Nielsen, Wegner: en dansk møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 61
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, vol 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 244-245, 324-325
Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, Tokyo, 1996, p. 106
Jens Bernsen, Hans J. Wegner on Design, Copenhagen, 1995, p. 13
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Danske Designere Hans J. Wegner, Denmark, 2006, p. 43
Anne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, Copenhagen, 2007, p. 90 (for a related model)
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, p. 107
The present lot is the only known example of the JH521 Easy Chair with teak armrests.