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Alvar Aalto

(Finland, 1898-1976)
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Alvar Aalto, a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 770 - 2 210 EUR
1 840 - 2 300 USD
Hammer price
38 000 SEK
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Alvar Aalto
(Finland, 1898-1976)

a birch chest of drawers, made on license by Aalto Design Hedemora Sweden 1946-56, for Artek.

Length 110 cm, depth 50 cm, height 99 cm. Key included.

Provenance

Reportedly 'The Blue House' by Alvar Aalto, Avesta.

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ARTEK I HEDEMORA 1946-1956
Den 12 april 1946 invigdes svenska AB Arteks fabrik på Callerholmsgatan i Hedemora. Alvar Aaltos nya fabrik var ett samarbete med Ernst Sundh Byggnads AB och syftet var att säkra leveranserna av Aaltos olika möbelmodeller till resten av Europa och framför allt till USA.
Ernst Sundh som hade täta kontakter med Aino och Alvar Aalto fick snabbt stora beställningsorder från USA. På grund av långa betalningskrediter blev dock lönsamheten svag och Aalto beslöt att lägga ner produktionen redan efter tio år. Från år 1957 övergick fabrikens verksamhet till att producera köksinredningar.
Ingvar Norman var chef för Ernst Sundhs ritkontor och hade många ingenjörer under sig. Som mest arbetade trettio personer på ritkontoret. Alvar Aalto ritade möbler till inredningen av firma Ernst Sundhs huvudkontor och till dess ritkontor. Dessa var unika för Hedemorafabriken och kom aldrig i serieproduktion. Några av de unika möblerna för Artek i Hedemora är detta tidskriftsställ, nr 62, samt det runda bordet (katalognr 63).
Tidvis fanns stora ambitioner att låta Alvar Aalto sätta sin prägel på orterna Avesta och Hedemora i södra Dalarna. Planerna kom dock aldrig att sättas i verket och förutom "Det Blå Huset" i Avesta finns det idag få spår kvar av det täta samarbetet mellan Aalto och Ernst Sundh Byggnads AB.

Designer

Alvar Aalto is one of Finland's most prominent architects and designers and one of Scandinavia's biggest proponents of modern architecture and design. Several of the furniture and vases he designed are today considered iconic design classics, including the Savoy vases, the Beehive lamp, and Armchair, model '31'.Alvar Aalto is the most internationally famous Finnish architect and designer. Aalto was a great ambassador for Finnish design at a time when the Finnish people were thinking about how to present themselves to the rest of the world. He gave equal weight to form and function, and was inspired by the Finnish landscape. Aalto is one of the most important representatives of modern architecture and has created its own architecture direction, whose aesthetic effect is based on careful planning of the buildings in relation to the environment, a human dimension and good sense of material.

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