Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
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
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
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.