52. Hans J. Wegner
1914-2007
Set of twelve ‘The Chair’ armchairs, model no. JH501, designed 1949, executed circa 1956 Teak, leather. Each: 75.4 x 62.5 x 54.5 cm (29 5/8 x 24 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.) Executed by master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside of each impressed JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK and with manufacturer’s stamp. Estimate £30,000-40,000 $38,700-51,600 €34,200-45,700 plus Buyers Premium and VAT*
Provenance Mayor’s ofce, Karlskoga, 1956 Private collection, Sweden Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature ‘Danimarca’, Domus, no. 259, June 1951, p. 29 Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 99-101 Jens Bernsen, Hans J Wegner: om Design, exh. cat., Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen, 1995, pp. 13, 15, 24-25, 70, 92, 101, 111 Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 14, 16, 52, 63, 66, 82, 90, 133-35 The present model was exhibited at the ‘Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild’, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 30 September-16 October 1949, stand 12.
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