Important Design

Important Design

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Finn Juhl, Early "Chieftain" Armchair

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Finn Juhl

Early "Chieftain" Armchair


circa 1949

executed by cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Denmark

teak, leather upholstery

branded NIELS VODDER CABINETMAKER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGN: FINN JUHL

36 ¾ x 39 ¾ x 34 ½ in. (93.3 x 101 x 87.6 cm)

Private collection, United States 

Wyeth, Sagaponack, New York

Private Collection

Phillips New York, June 9, 2015, lot 100

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Esbjørn Hiort, Modern Danish Furniture, New York, 1956, pp. 54-55

Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architure, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, cover and pp. 23, 40-41, 79, 96-97 and 122

Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 124-25, 233, fig. 2, p. 311

Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 23, 40-41

Patricia Yamada, ed., Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Osaka, 1990, passim 

Martin Eidelberg, ed., Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, New York, 1991, p. 187

Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1996, pp. 92-93

Paul Johnson and Martin Eidelberg, Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, New York, 1991, p. 187

Arne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, vol. 1, Copenhagen, 2007, p. 151

Arne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, vol. 2, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 186-189

Per H. Hansen, Finn Juhl: Og Hans Hus, Copenhagen, 2009, cover and pp. 37, 39, 41, 43, 73, 79, 155, 164, 190 and 193