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Bodil Kjær

Hatting/Denmark 1932 – lives in Copenhagen

Writing desk (902) with two wheeled containers. 1959 / in the early 1960s

Palisander, veneered onto oak; square-profile steel tubing, chrome-plated – manufacturer: E. Pedersen & Son, Rodovre (Denmark) (produced 1961–75/76). 72 × 184 × 92 cm / 49 × 44 × 61 cm / 49 × 44 × 61 cm (28 ⅜ × 72 ½ × 36 ¼ in. / 19 ¼ × 17 ⅜ × 24 in. / 19 ¼ × 17 ⅜ × 24 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Bodil Kjær. Writing desk (902) with two wheeled containers. 1959 / in the early 1960s.

Estimate:

EUR 22,000

 

- 25,000

USD 23,500

 

- 26,700

Sold for:

40,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Palisander, veneered onto oak; square-profile steel tubing, chrome-plated – manufacturer: E. Pedersen & Son, Rodovre (Denmark) (produced 1961–75/76). 72 × 184 × 92 cm / 49 × 44 × 61 cm / 49 × 44 × 61 cm (28 ⅜ × 72 ½ × 36 ¼ in. / 19 ¼ × 17 ⅜ × 24 in. / 19 ¼ × 17 ⅜ × 24 in.). Label on underside of one of the wheeled containers: made in denmark by e. Pederson & son a-s design bodil kjær / label on the right drawer of the desk: PLYFA Made in Denmark OAK 1 Side. With six keys.

Related literature: Lars Dybdahl: Dansk design 1945–1975. Copenhagen, 2006.

Since the 1970s private collection, southern Germany