Lot No. 123


A rare and early "Molded Aluminium Chair",


designed by Poul Kjaerholm in 1953, manufactured by Chris Sorensen, Denmark, 1953, tubular steel, cast aluminium seat shell, height 63 cm, width 63 cm, depth 67 cm, height of seat 37.5 cm. (DR)

Altogether, less than 25 pieces were produced, all of which date from 1953. One is in the permanent collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Provenance: private collection, Austria.

Lit.: M. Sheridan, The Furniture of Poul Kjaerholm, Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2007, pp. 42-45 - M. Sheridan, Kjaerholm. Furniture Architect, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2006, pp. 46-49.

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at

18.05.2010 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 29,580.-
Estimate:
EUR 24,000.- to EUR 28,000.-

A rare and early "Molded Aluminium Chair",


designed by Poul Kjaerholm in 1953, manufactured by Chris Sorensen, Denmark, 1953, tubular steel, cast aluminium seat shell, height 63 cm, width 63 cm, depth 67 cm, height of seat 37.5 cm. (DR)

Altogether, less than 25 pieces were produced, all of which date from 1953. One is in the permanent collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Provenance: private collection, Austria.

Lit.: M. Sheridan, The Furniture of Poul Kjaerholm, Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2007, pp. 42-45 - M. Sheridan, Kjaerholm. Furniture Architect, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2006, pp. 46-49.

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 18.05.2010 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 05.05. - 18.05.2010


** Purchase price incl. charges and taxes

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