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Erik Gunnar Asplund
Armchair, designed for the Göteborg Law Courts
Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000
Lot Details
circa 1935
Hickory, beech, leather.
43 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (110.5 x 73 x 60.3 cm)
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
When he designed the Göteborg Law Courts in the mid-1930s, Erik Gunnar Asplund paneled the walls of the kidney-shaped courtrooms in pine, creating a contrast of vertical lines and organic curves. Asplund carried the dynamic aesthetic into the furniture he designed for the Law Courts as well, such as the present wood and leather armchair, which was placed behind the arched stand in one of the courtrooms.
Provenance
Literature