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Alvar Aalto

(Finland, 1898-1976)
Alvar Aalto
(Finland, 1898-1976)

ALVAR AALTO, WARDROBE. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötedas Oy. From the patient wards at Paimio Sanatorium. 1930s.

White lacquered birch plywood, curved door. Height 204 cm, width 80 cm, depth c. 30 cm.

Renovated, normal wear.

Literature

Thomas Kellein, 'Alvar & Aino Aalto design', Collection Bischofsberger, Bielefeld 2004, picture on page 67.

More information

This item is collected at Iso Roobertinkatu 12 Helsinki after the auction has ended​.

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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2 500 EUR
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Bid history (9 bids)
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Apr 23, 2015 3:05 PM
2 000 EUR
7
Apr 23, 2015 3:04 PM
1 950 EUR
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Apr 23, 2015 9:56 AM
1 900 EUR
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Apr 18, 2015 11:27 AM
1 800 EUR
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Apr 10, 2015 8:17 PM
1 500 EUR
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Apr 10, 2015 8:17 PM
1 350 EUR
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Apr 2, 2015 9:50 PM
1 050 EUR
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Apr 2, 2015 8:05 PM
60 EUR
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Apr 2, 2015 2:24 PM
30 EUR
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