Art Of The Day Weekly
#432 - from 26 May 2016 to 1 June 2016
Finn Juhl, rare armchair with high back, 1957. Estimate: €50 000 - €70 000.
Boreal design
PARIS – The prices of modern design can really scare beginners: the price of a well-known doctor’s leather armchair can go beyond that of a landscape of Barbizon. This will be proven once again in this auction of Scandinavian objects. Danish designer Finn Juhl (1912-1989) is present with an elegant armchair with a tall back from 1957, which should not go for less than €50 000. His floating cabinets, that look vaguely familiar with the wall closets by Charlotte Perriand, are much more affordable (“only” €25 000). Curved sofas by Viggo Boesen, lamps by Pool Henningsen, an ottoman by Vilhelm Lauritzen: design from the cold North is visual and sound …
• Design scandinave on 31 May 2016 at Artcurial.