126: ARNE JACOBSEN, 3304 sofa < Modern Design, 16 March 2003 < Auctions

Modern Design

16 March 2003

Modern Design

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Arne Jacobsen
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3304 sofa

Fritz Hansen
Denmark, c.1959
leather, stainless steel 28½ h × 85 w × 30 d in (72 × 216 × 76 cm)

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $4,600

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Arne Jacobsen designed the Series 33 seating group for the "lufthaven" or airport lounge in his famed SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. This example, in a rare four-seat configuration, is from The National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen, another of Jacobsen's important commissions. Literature: Fritz Hansen - Furniture, FH Inc., pg. 66-69; Arne Jacobsen, Thanu and Vindum, pg. 466 (pictured in situ)

Arne Jacobsen 1902–1971

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Arne Jacobsen was an architect and designer who approached his work from both perspectives, making major contributions to Functionalism and Danish Modern style. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, he won the silver medal for his chair design at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925 while an architecture student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. After winning the Danish Architect’s Association competition for his House of the Future design, he opened his own office in 1929. Jacobsen was forced to flee to Sweden in 1943 following the rise of the Nazi party, but later returned to Denmark ushering in a wave of landmark public and private commissions.

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