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Finn Juhl

Pair of Armchairs

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October 19, 04:41 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Finn Juhl

Pair of Armchairs


circa 1945

model no. N45

produced by Niels Vodder, Copenhagen

teak, fabric upholstery

32¼ x 27 x 29 in. (81.9 x 68.6 x 73.7 cm) each

Private Collection, California, circa 1950s

Thence by descent to the present owner

Grete Jalk, Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, vol. 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 276-277

Grete Jalk, Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, vol. 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 233 (for a period photograph of the model exhibited at the Nordenfjeldske Museum of Applied Art, Trondheim, 1952)

Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 28 (for a drawing of the model), 34-35, 101 (for period photographs of the model in the Villa Aubertin, Denmark, 1952) and 105 (for a period photograph of the model in Raageleje, Denmark, 1962)

Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 86-87

Charlotte Fiell and Peter Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 326

Per A. Hansen, Finn Juhl Og Hans Hus, Copenhagen, 2009, pp. 30, 41, 46, 152-153 (for a drawing of the model), 158-160, 185