Finn Juhl - Design: Online Auction New York Wednesday, February 3, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, "Design," June 19, 2014, lot 1213 (partial)
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Erik Wørts, “Den syvogtyvende,” Dansk Kunsthaandværk, no. 11, November 1953, p. 181
    Esbjørn Hiort, Modern Danish Furniture, New York, 1956, p. 62
    Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 271-72, 311
    Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 58-59
    Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, p. 98-99

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model was exhibited at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, September 25-October 11, 1953, stand 3.

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Armchair, model no. FJ 53

designed 1953
Teak, brass, fabric upholstery.
29 1/2 x 28 x 31 in. (74.9 x 71.1 x 78.7 cm)
Executed by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside branded and impressed CABINETMAKER NIELS VODDER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGN FINN JUHL.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for $7,560

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