Tapio Wirkkala - Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 25, 2013 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Edgar Kaufmann Jr, 'The Wonderworks of Tapio Wirkkala', Interiors, November 1951, p. 95
    Domus (Milan), no. 259, 1951, p. 18; no. 266, January 1952, pp. 18, 44
    'Forms in Glass and Plywood', Arts & Architecture, July 1953, pp. 20-21
    Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler Levine, eds., Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-1997, New York, 1998, p. 247
    Marianne Aav, Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Gordon Bowyer, et al., Tapio Wirkkala - eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, p. 224, p. 252, fig. 435, p. 262, fig. 45

252

'Leaf' dish

circa 1951
Birch laminated plywood.
4.3 x 25.3 x 21.8 cm (1 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Produced by Martti Lindqvist, Finland. Underside incised with W.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

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Nordic Design

London 26 September 2013