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Contemporary Art & Design 654 Stockholm3840
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Gunnar Asplund

(Sweden, 1885-1940)
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Gunnar Asplund, an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
894 - 1 340 EUR
907 - 1 360 USD
Hammer price
24 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
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Gunnar Asplund
(Sweden, 1885-1940)

an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.

White painted steel frame, seat and back in mahogany with leather upholstery, plate marked: Karmstol Stockholm 30 av Gunnar Asplund Upplaga 50 ex. numrerade från 1/50 - 50/50 Producerad av Källemo i samarbete med Asplundstiftelsen 2009 and numbered 9/50. Height 78.5 cm, seat height 45 cm.

Minor wear and stains.

More information

Designed for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where it was displayed in the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design's booth. In consultation with the Asplund Foundation, Källemo produced the armchair in a limited reissued edition in 2009.

Designer

Gunnar Asplund is considered one of the most significant and leading architects during the interwar period, both in Sweden and internationally. Asplund is seen as one of the foremost representatives of 1920s Nordic classicism, with the Skandia Theatre (1922) and the Stockholm Public Library (1928) as prominent examples. He was also one of the pioneers of functionalism, which he introduced in Sweden with the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where he was the chief architect.

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