HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)

Lot 50
07.03.2023 14:00UTC -05:00
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ID 920205
Lot 50 | HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)

Rare 'Bear' Chair and Ottoman, designed circa 1950

manufactured by A.P. Stolen, Denmark

teak, fabric upholstery

chair: 38 3/4 x 36 1/2 x 36 in. (98.4 x 92.7 x 91.4 cm)

ottoman: 15 7/8 x 27 3/4 x 16 3/8 in. (40.3 x 70.5 x 41.6 cm)





Provenance

Wyeth, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013



Literature

J. Moller Nielsen, Wegner, en dansk møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 70

N. Oda, Hans J. Wegner’s 100 Chairs, Tokyo, 2002, pp. 49 (armchair), 68 (ottoman), 181 (armchair), 182 (ottoman)

Dansk Møbelkunst, ed., Hans J. Wegner, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 58-59 (armchair)

C. Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6 (for a period photograph of this armchair model), 208-210 (armchair)

C. Bundegaard, Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World, New York, 2019, p. 113 (for a period photograph of this armchair model)
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