Meet Us at Design Week in Stockholm
We will be visiting Stockholm with an exceptional ensemble of Finn Juhl furniture and provide you with a glimpse of the best of Danish Design from its Golden Age between 1930 and 1970. The exhibition “Finn Juhl and the Best of Danish Modern” takes place during Design Week in Stockholm, and the pieces will be offered for sale at our upcoming Live Auction in Copenhagen this September.
In collaboration with Arsenalsgatan 3 Fine Art Gallery, we are pleased to present a number of extremely rare, almost never seen and unique pieces that both tell the story of great designers such as Finn Juhl, Kaj Gottlob, Peder Moos, Ib Kofod-larsen, and Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen and also highlight the story of the finest generation of cabinetmakers such as Niels Vodder, A.J. Iversen, Willy Beck and Christensen & Larsen. The preview provides a look into the traits of Danish Modern, reveals unknown parts of the story while underscoring the unifying principle of craftsmanship.
World-class Designers and Cabinetmakers
Danish Design is first and last about craftsmanship. As much as one can love the forms, colours, materials and the democratic ideology behind Danish Design, it is in the quality of the execution that Danish Modern stands out and places itself as a central part of 20th century design globally.
Great quality can of course be found elsewhere, and the strength of a particular design endlessly discussed. What unites all pieces of Danish Design is rather the unspoken and understated consensus of trying to make the finest pieces possible in general, and more particularly the finest pieces possible by hand, even when this runs counter to more rational production plans.
There is an inherent degree of anachronism and antagonism present between Modernism and traditional woodworking and other forms of small-scale production. But it is in the crack between these forces pulling in each direction that Danish Design excels. This fruitful tension takes its beginning during the 1920s and reaches its climax around 1960. A development that can be experienced in the exhibited furniture pieces from the upcoming auction.
Meet Our Specialists
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Program
Tuesday 20 August
6-8 pm: Vernissage
7 pm: Gallery talk about Finn Juhl and Danish Modern
Wednesday 21 August
11 am - 6 pm
Preview, valuation and consignment of design, ceramics, glass and modern art
Arsenalsgatan 3, 111 47 Stockholm
For further information, please contact:
Anna Sievert: (+46) 0722 539816 · asi@bruun-rasmussen.dk