“Meet & Greet” Wegner Event

Come and meet one of the world’s largest collectors of Danish design, the Japanese professor Noritsugu Oda, and Hans J. Wegner’s daughter, Marianne Wegner, who will both be paying us a visit at Bredgade in connection with the Wegner auction.

Frederik Bruun Rasmussen with Noritsugu Oda during af Finn Juhl auction in 2012.

Marianne Wegner, the daughter of Hans J. Wegner.

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We will be opening the doors at 3 pm when we invite everyone to join us for an exclusive “Meet & Greet” event, where confirmed Wegner enthusiasts can meet Professor Oda and Marianne Wegner before the large-scale auction.

Professor Oda first met Hans J. Wegner in 1982 and has been a passionate collector of the designer’s furniture ever since. In 2002, he published the book “100 chairs by Hans J. Wegner” and has approximately 140 pieces of Wegner furniture in his collection, which consists of more than 1,300 chairs by Danish designers such as Finn Juhl, Kaare Klint, Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm, to name but a few.  

The day’s programme – Wednesday 3 December

  • 3 pm: The doors of the auction room open at Bredgade 33

  • 3.05 pm: Frederik Bruun Rasmussen gives the welcome speech. “Meet & Greet” with Professor Noritsugo Oda and Marianne Wegner, with the possibility of having your Wegner catalogue signed

  • 3.15 pm: Valuation expert Peter Tholstrup holds a short talk on his favourite architect/designer Hans J. Wegner

  • 3.30 pm: The event ends

  • 4.00 pm: The Wegner auction begins

     

The event is open to all interested. No registration required.