Important Design
Important Design
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