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Gunnar Asplund

(Sweden, 1885-1940)
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Gunnar Asplund, a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.
Estimate
80 000 - 100 000 SEK
7 150 - 8 940 EUR
7 260 - 9 070 USD
Hammer price
155 000 SEK
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Gunnar Asplund
(Sweden, 1885-1940)

a set of six stained birch chairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, ca 1926-28, for the Stockholm Public Library.

Webbing seat, manufacturer's label A·B· NORDISKA KOMPANIET R 1 - C 19505. Height 82.5 cm, seat height 43.5 cm.

Wear and repairs, the surface lacquered, reupholstered.

Provenance

Diplomat and UN ambassador Bo Asplund (1950-2024), grandson of architect Gunnar Asplund.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

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Literature

Nils G. Wollin, "Hemmet och den moderna smaken", Natur & Kultur 1928, p. 75.
Gustav Holmdahl, Sven Ivar Lind & Kjell Ödeen (eds.), "Gunnar Asplund arkitekt: 1885-1940: Ritningar, skisser och fotografier", Byggförlaget 1981, see photo from the public library p. 136.
Monica Boman (ed.), "Svenska Möbler 1890‑1990", Signum 1991, model illustrated p. 134.

More information

Designed for the Stockholm Public Library ca 1926-28, where it was primarily placed in the study circle rooms.

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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