ID 920213
Lot 79 | FINN JUHL (1912-1989)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
'Chieftain' Chair, FJ49, designed 1949
manufactured by Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark
teak, leather upholstery
36 1/2 x 41 x 33 in. (92.7 x 104.1 x 83.8 cm)
branded NIELS VODDER CABINETMAKER COPENHAGEN DENMARK DESIGN: FINN JUHL
Provenance
Private Collection, Philadelphia
Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia
Private Collection, Philadelphia, 1998
Phillips, New York, 17 December 2019, lot 113
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
V. Sten Møller and S. Erik Møller, Dansk Møbelkunst: Københavns Snedkerlaugs Møbeludstilling, 1927-1951, Copenhagen, 1951, p. 82
E. Hiort, Modern Danish Furniture, New York, 1956, pp. 54-55
G. Jalk, 40 Years of Danish Furniture Design: The Copenhagen Cabinet-maker’s Guild Exhibitions 1927-1966, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 123-125, 233, 311
E. Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, front cover, pp. 23, 40-41
N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 92-93
C. Fiell and P. Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 331
A. Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design: in the 20th Century, Volume 2, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 106, 117, 187-189
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 510
P. H. Hansen, Finn Juhl and His House, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 36 (for a drawing of the model), 37, 39 (for a period photograph), 40 (for a drawing of the model), 41, 43, 73, 79, 155, 158, 169, 190-191, 206
Danish Designs: Masters and Icons, exh. cat., Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2014, pp. 60-61
| Artist: | Finn Juhl (1912 - 1989) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Denmark, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Artist: | Finn Juhl (1912 - 1989) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Denmark, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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