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Gunnar Asplund

(Sweden, 1885-1940)
Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1 080 - 1 350 EUR
1 140 - 1 430 USD
Hammer price
18 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Gunnar Asplund
(Sweden, 1885-1940)

An Erik Gunnar Asplund leather framed mirror designed for Bredenberg's in Stockholm 1933-35, probably by Bodafors.

Ramen klädd i naturfärgat läder, tillverkad för Bredenbergs varuhus i Stockholm. Höjd 90 cm, bredd 55,5 cm.

Smärre skador och slitage.

Literature

Red. Caldenby, Hultin, "Asplund", Stockholm 1985, sid 102 (plan och sektion av interiör).
Ahlberg, "Gunnar Asplund, architect" , Stockholm, 1943, s 148-149.

More information

Erik Gunnar Asplund ritade och inredde den mycket lilla tomten i hörnan Drottninggatan/Mäster Samuelsgatan för Bredenbergs varuhus 1933-1935.
Bredenbergs hade enligt ritningarna åtta provrum, spegeln kommer från ett av dessa.

Designer

Gunnar Asplund was one of the most significant architects of his time in Sweden. Asplund represented Nordic Classicism in the 1920s and was a pioneer of Functionalism, which he helped introduce through the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930. His most important works include the Stockholm City Library and the Woodland Cemetery, which he designed with Sigurd Lewerentz.

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