HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)
HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)
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HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)

Rare 'Bear' Chair, designed circa 1950

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HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2017)
Rare 'Bear' Chair, designed circa 1950
manufactured by A.P. Stolen, Denmark
teak, fabric upholstery
38 3/4 x 36 1/2 x 36 in. (98.4 x 92.7 x 91.4 cm)
Provenance
Antiques & Modern, Berkeley, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013
Literature
J. Moller Nielsen, Wegner, en dansk møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 70
N. Oda, Hans J. Wegner’s 100 Chairs, Tokyo, 2002, pp. 49, 181
Dansk Møbelkunst, ed., Hans J. Wegner, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 58-59
C. Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6 (for a period photograph), 208-210
C. Bundegaard, Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World, New York, 2019, p. 113 (for a period photograph)

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