HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2007)

Lot 65
07.03.2023 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 65 | HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2007)
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2007)

'Ox' Lounge Chair, Model No. 46, and Ottoman, Model No. 49, designed 1960

produced by Johannes Hansen, Denmark

chrome-plated steel, leather upholstery

chair: 34 3/4 x 30 x 35 3/4 in. (88.3 x 76.2 x 90.8 cm)

ottoman: 13 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (33.7 x 74.3 x 43.8 cm)

both chair and ottoman with metal manufacturer's mark FURNITUREMAKERS DANISH CONTROL





Provenance

Wright, Chicago, 2 June 2009, lot 516

Christie's, New York, 14 June 2012, lot 213

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

J. Nielsen, Wegner Sitting Pretty, Copenhagen, 1965, pp. 11, 70-72

J. Bernsen, Hans J. Wegner, Copenhagen, 1995, pp. 19 (for a period photograph), 23, 42-43, 81 (for a drawing)

N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, p. 121

N. Oda, Hans J. Wegner's 100 Chairs, Tokyo, 2002, pp. 94-95, 125, 185

C. Fiell and P. Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 656

Dansk Mobelkunst, ed., Hans J. Wegner, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 52 (ottoman), 53 (chair)

V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 436

C. H. Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 79 (for a period photograph), 82 (for a period photograph), 210-211



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