Design

Hans J. Wegner

"Papa Bear" Chair

Lot Closed

March 15, 03:27 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Hans J. Wegner

"Papa Bear" Chair

circa 1951

model no. AP 19

produced by A.P. Stolen, Denmark

teak, fabric upholstery

stamped Made in Denmark/Designer:/Hans J. Wegner/A.P. STOLEN Copenhagen

39 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 34 in. (99.7 x 90.2 x 86.4 cm)

Private Collection, Vestal, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2017

Johan Moller Nielsen, Wegner: Sitting Pretty, 1965, p. 70

Noritsugu Oda, Hans J. Wegner's 100 Chairs, Tokyo, 2002, p. 49

Christian Holmsted Olesen, Hans J. Wegner: Danske Designere, Denmark, 2006, pp. 36 and 75