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Gunnar Asplund

(Sweden, 1885-1940)
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Gunnar Asplund, a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.
Estimate
20 000 - 30 000 SEK
1 800 - 2 700 EUR
1 900 - 2 850 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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Eva Seeman
Stockholm
Eva Seeman
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+46 (0)708 92 19 69
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Gunnar Asplund
(Sweden, 1885-1940)

a school chair, lacquered in olive green, for Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.

Restored surface with an olive green lacquer, height of the seat 44,5 cm, total height 97 cm.

Restored, minor wear.

Provenance

Karlshamns Realskola, Sweden 1915-16.

Literature

Picture from Gunnar Asplunds drawing archive.

More information

The school called "Realskolan" in Karlshamn, Blekinge, was Gunnar Asplund's first major architectural project, it was built in 1912-18. Asplund created an entity with precision to the details, thus he also designed the interiors.
In a letter filed, dated August 24, 1915, he offered to design furniture and fixtures for the school to a cost of 600 kronor.
A total of 29 chairs of this model were manufactured by three different local carpenters and then they were painted by a fourth craftsman.
In the 1960s-70s, the school was renovated and the furniture was sorted out, only a few seem to have survived until today.

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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