Provenance
Marski Hotel, Helsinki, 1960-1961
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Jarno Peltonen, Ilmari Tapiovaara: Interior Architect, Helsinki, 1984, p. 5
Pekka Korvenmaa, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Salamanca, 1997, pp. 156-57
Aila Svenskberg, ed., Ilmari Tapiovaara: life and design, exh. cat., Design Museum, Helsinki, 2014, pp. 40, 116

116

Ilmari Tapiovaara

Pair of armchairs, designed for the Hotel Marski, Helsinki

1960-1961
fabric, teak, brass
Each: 67.6 x 77.6 x 68.6 cm (26 5/8 x 30 1/2 x 27 in.)
Manufactured by Asko, Finland. Produced 1960-1961.

Estimate
HK$100,000 - 200,000
€11,300-22,500
$12,800-25,600

Sold for HK$100,000

Contact Specialist
Jonathan Crockett
Deputy Chairman, Asia and Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Asia
+852 2318 2023

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Head of Department
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Specialist, Head of Day Sale
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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 26 November 2018

1
David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011- 4 May
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$437,500
2
This lot is no longer available.
3
Eddie Martinez
Dead Flowers
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$350,000
4
Ugo Rondinone
Pink, Blue, Yellow Mountain
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$437,500
5
Yoshitomo Nara
Attention
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$437,500
6
Yoshitomo Nara
Cloud Shrouded
Estimate HK$700,000 - 1,000,000
Sold for HK$1,150,000
7
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$400,000
8
Takashi Murakami
Flower collaboration with MADSAKI
Estimate HK$2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for HK$2,000,000
9
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate HK$1,400,000 - 2,500,000
Sold for HK$2,000,000
10
Yoshitomo Nara
L’Angel est Tombée
Estimate HK$700,000 - 900,000
Sold for HK$1,750,000
11
Yayoi Kusama
Untitled
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$1,250,000
12
Yoshitomo Nara
Pino
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$325,000
13
Yayoi Kusama
Path to the Future
Estimate HK$1,400,000 - 2,000,000
Sold for HK$2,125,000
14
Yayoi Kusama
The Thames in the Morning
Estimate HK$1,200,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for HK$2,500,000
15
Yayoi Kusama
Flower Bed
Estimate HK$2,500,000 - 4,500,000
16
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$600,000
17
Tomoo Gokita
Waiting Game
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$475,000
18
Tomoo Gokita
Cheap Sensation
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$2,250,000
19
Tomoo Gokita
Portrait of an Insomniac Junior-High Student
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$1,500,000
20
Liu Ye
Big Pigeon
Estimate HK$800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for HK$1,875,000
21
Liu Ye
Composition with Girl Back
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$400,000
22
Liu Ye
Girl with Balloons
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$575,000
23
George Condo
Son of Bozo
Estimate HK$900,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for HK$1,375,000
24
Andy Warhol
Shoes
Estimate HK$700,000 - 900,000
Sold for HK$1,000,000
25
This lot is no longer available.
26
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate HK$600,000 - 900,000
Sold for HK$750,000
27
KAWS
ACCOMPLICE
Estimate HK$600,000 - 800,000
Sold for HK$1,187,500
28
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$475,000
29
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$475,000
30
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$812,500
31
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$750,000
32
KAWS
ACCOMPLICE
Estimate HK$600,000 - 800,000
Sold for HK$1,150,000
33
Virgil Abloh & Takashi Murakami
"SCULPTURE"
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$275,000
34
Antony Gormley
Meme CIII
Estimate HK$800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for HK$750,000
35
Bernar Venet
Indeterminate Line
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$325,000
36
Wang Keping
Kissing Couple
Estimate HK$150,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$212,500
37
Zao Wou-Ki
Untitled
Estimate HK$1,300,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for HK$2,250,000
38
Zao Wou-Ki
Untitled
Estimate HK$600,000 - 800,000
39
This lot is no longer available.
40
Zao Wou-Ki
Untitled
Estimate HK$650,000 - 850,000
Sold for HK$750,000
41
Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita
Le mépris
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$162,500
42
Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita
Untitled
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$200,000
43
Lê Phổ
La Maternité
Estimate HK$250,000 - 350,000
Sold for HK$475,000
44
Lê Phổ
Les tulipes rouges et les fleurs de pommier (Red Tulips and Apple Blossoms)
Estimate HK$120,000 - 180,000
Sold for HK$375,000
45
Vu Cao Dam
Maternité
Estimate HK$70,000 - 90,000
Sold for HK$350,000
46
Mai Trung Thứ
Le thé (Tea)
Estimate HK$180,000 - 280,000
Sold for HK$437,500
47
Mai Trung Thứ
Jeune femme à la fleur (Young lady with a flower)
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$437,500
48
Jigger Cruz
Untitled
Estimate HK$150,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$137,500
49
Arin Dwihartanto Sunaryo
We are Having a Blast
Estimate HK$200,000 - 400,000
Sold for HK$400,000
50
Sopheap Pich
Memory
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$400,000
51
Rodel Tapaya
Protection in the Forest
Estimate HK$280,000 - 380,000
Sold for HK$600,000
52
Marina Cruz
Whites and Blues Torn and Mended by Dragonflies
Estimate HK$60,000 - 90,000
Sold for HK$175,000
53
Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan
Landscape Painting 2 (s2370)
Estimate HK$80,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$100,000
54
Maria Taniguchi
US Letter Painting #26
Estimate HK$35,000 - 55,000
Sold for HK$75,000
55
Genevieve Chua
Two works: (i) Edge Control #8, Slalom; (ii) Edge Control #9, Seated Nude
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$50,000
56
Entang Wiharso
The Untold Stories #3
Estimate HK$80,000 - 100,000
Sold for HK$6,250
57
Christine Ay Tjoe
Alter Idem II
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$162,500
58
T'ang Haywen
Untitled (diptych)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$62,500
59
This lot is no longer available.
60
Lee Ufan
From Point No. 800115
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$437,500
61
Lee Ufan
With Winds
Estimate HK$1,200,000 - 2,400,000
62
Liu Wei
Colours No. 14
Estimate HK$800,000 - 1,000,000
63
Liu Xiaodong
Boys in the bathhouse no. 5
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$437,500
64
Mao Yan
Mona
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$375,000
65
Liu Jianhua
Games
Estimate HK$60,000 - 80,000
Sold for HK$225,000
66
Wang Guangyi
Great Criticism: Disney
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$975,000
67
This lot is no longer available.
68
This lot is no longer available.
69
Nobuyoshi Araki
Red Kimono
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$87,500
70
Andreas Gursky
Hong Kong, Hafen (Hong Kong Port)
Estimate HK$280,000 - 380,000
Sold for HK$300,000
71
Ma Sibo
Zebra Crossing
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$156,250
72
Tavares Strachan
You Belong Here (Blue)
Estimate HK$120,000 - 220,000
Sold for HK$187,500
73
This lot is no longer available.
74
HxS
Mecha Gorilla Ju
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$87,500
75
HxS
Brutal Mecha Gorilla Ju Z
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$75,000
76
HxS
Mecha Gorilla Ju
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$56,250
77
Yoshitomo Nara
Sleepless Night (Sitting)
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$475,000
78
KAWS x Hajime Sorayama
NO FUTURE COMPANION (Silver Chrome)
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$175,000
79
KAWS
FOUR FOOT DISSECTED COMPANION (Grey)
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$1,500,000
80
KAWS
Three Works: RUNNING CHUM
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$850,000
81
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate HK$180,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$225,000
82
Damien Hirst
Oleoylsarcosine
Estimate HK$120,000 - 180,000
Sold for HK$237,500
83
Takashi Murakami
Louis Vuitton Monogram Multicolore - White
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$150,000
84
Gerhard Richter
Flow (P16)
Estimate HK$70,000 - 90,000
Sold for HK$112,500
85
Yayoi Kusama
Flowers (Kusama 309)
Estimate HK$100,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$275,000
86
Finn Juhl
Two-seater sofa, model no. FJ 53
Estimate HK$120,000 - 220,000
Sold for HK$237,500
87
Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana
'T1' side table
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$75,000
88
Osvaldo Borsani
Side table
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$56,250
89
Venini
Set of three 'Grata' wall lights
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$15,000
90
Paolo Buffa
Rare sideboard
Estimate HK$108,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$162,500
91
Poul Kjærholm
Hammock chair, model no. PK 24
Estimate HK$120,000 - 220,000
Sold for HK$118,750
92
Paavo Tynell
Pair of standard lamps, model no. 5762
Estimate HK$60,000 - 100,000
Sold for HK$75,000
93
Ole Wanscher
Set of four armchairs
Estimate HK$120,000 - 220,000
Sold for HK$118,750
94
Hans J. Wegner
Early 'Architect's desk', model no. JH571
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$350,000
95
Hans J. Wegner
Early swivel armchair, model no. JH502
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$187,500
96
Paavo Tynell
Early table lamp, model no. 5061
Estimate HK$50,000 - 80,000
Sold for HK$47,500
97
Gio Ponti
Set of six dining chairs
Estimate HK$78,000 - 100,000
Sold for HK$60,000
98
Vittorio Zecchin
Twelve-armed chandelier
Estimate HK$150,000 - 200,000
99
Gio Ponti
Pair of rare armchairs
Estimate HK$78,000 - 100,000
Sold for HK$100,000
100
Gio Ponti
Rare sofa
Estimate HK$95,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$87,500
101
Ole Wanscher
Desk and armchair
Estimate HK$60,000 - 80,000
Sold for HK$175,000
102
Stilnovo
Desk lamp, model no. D 4639
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for HK$50,000
103
Ole Wanscher
Pair of armchairs
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$68,750
104
Ole Wanscher
Pair of side tables
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$93,750
105
Ole Wanscher
Set of four dining chairs
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$30,000
106
Angelo Lelii
Rare 'Triennale' three-armed adjustable standard lamp, model no. 12128s
Estimate HK$62,000 - 82,000
Sold for HK$100,000
107
Hans J. Wegner
Rare 'New Papa Bear' armchair, model no. AP69
Estimate HK$85,000 - 95,000
Sold for HK$100,000
108
Hans J. Wegner
Two early 'Ox' lounge armchairs, model nos. AP-46 and AP-47, and ottoman, model no. AP-49
Estimate HK$170,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$275,000
109
Hans J. Wegner
Pair of 'China' chairs, model no. 4283
Estimate HK$75,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$250,000
110
Gio Ponti
Desk, designed for the Fondazione Livio e Maria Garzanti, Forlì
Estimate HK$78,000 - 100,000
111
Fontana Arte
Vide-poche
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000
Sold for HK$7,500
112
Fontana Arte
Centrepiece, model no. 2070
Estimate HK$15,000 - 20,000
Sold for HK$7,500
113
Piero Fornasetti
Rare 'Piccolo Coromandel' cabinet
Estimate HK$180,000 - 280,000
114
Pietro Chiesa
Centrepiece
Estimate HK$15,000 - 20,000
115
Edvard Kindt-Larsen and Tove Kindt-Larsen
Early and rare sofa
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$225,000
116
Ilmari Tapiovaara
Pair of armchairs, designed for the Hotel Marski, Helsinki
Estimate HK$100,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$100,000
117
Bruno Gatta
Pair of rare wall lights
Estimate HK$60,000 - 100,000
Sold for HK$62,500
118
Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs, model no. 498, designed for the first class games room of the ‘Giulio Cesare’ transatlantic ocean liner
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$93,750
119
Gio Ponti
Set of three armchairs, model no. 516
Estimate HK$125,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$212,500
120
Fontana Arte
Pair of ceiling lights, model no. 2220
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
121
Gianfranco Frattini
Pair of lounge chairs
Estimate HK$90,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$87,500

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 26 November 2018

Provenance

Literature

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Ilmari Tapiovaara

Pair of armchairs, designed for the Hotel Marski, Helsinki

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale