Lot 164
Lot 164
HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)

Set of eight 'The Chair' Armchairs, model no. JH501, designed 1949

Price Realised USD 12,600
Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
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HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)

Set of eight 'The Chair' Armchairs, model no. JH501, designed 1949

Price Realised USD 12,600
Price Realised USD 12,600
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manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Denmark
teak, cane
30 x 2434 x 2034 in. (76 x 63 x 53 cm) (each)
each branded JOHANNES HANSEN COPENHAGEN DENMARK and with manufacturer's mark
Provenance
Phillips, New York, 17 December 2014, lot 255
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. Møller Nielsen, Wegner, En dansk møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, pp. 4, 44, 101
F. Sieck, Contemporary Danish Furniture Design – a short illustrated review, Copenhagen, 1990, p. 221
J. Bernsen, Hans J Wegner, Copenhagen, 1994, pp. 15, 24-25, 70, 101
N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, p. 108-109
N. Oda, Hans J. Wegner's 100 Chairs, Japan, 2002, pp. 36-37, 121
H. Sten Møller, Hans J. Wegner, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 24-25
C. Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 16, 52, 134-135
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