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WEDNESDAY 17 septembeR 2014 - 6PM
Most important
scandinavian auction
in Paris
Success of Peder Moos’s private
interior
PIASA
118 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
PRESS and COMMUNICATION
Cécile Demtchenko Woringer
T +33 1 53 34 12 95 – M +33 6 38 93 44 15
[email protected]
Press Release
Design Sale brings €3.5m (premium included) – nearly
80% of lots sold
PIASA inaugurated their new premises at 118 rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré on
Wednesday 17 September, with a sale devoted to one of the firm’s specialist themes,
Scandinavian v. American Design, and to the personal furniture collection of Peder
Moos, which also enjoyed great success.
Personal Collection of PEDER MOOS (1906-91)
Over sixty unique works by Danish designer Peder Moos from his personal collection,
were consigned by his descendants and came fresh to the market.
Top price of €124,540 went to a table-bookcase or cabinet de curiosités (lot 6), with
other highlights including an elegant desk in walnut, maple and boxwood, dated 1944,
at €74,940 (lot 8); a Minimalist walnut coat-hanger and matching hook at €26,580 (lot
18, est. €6000-8000); and a box and walnut sofa at €56,340 (lot 5).
PIASA now holds the leading prices obtained at auction for this pioneer of
Scandinavian Design.
SCANDINAVIAN v. AMERICAN DESIGN
The second part of the sale, comprising nearly 220 lots, featured leading names of
Scandinavian and American Design.
An ensemble of ceramics by Axel Johannes Salto yielded exceptional
results, including €217,540 for a glazed stoneware vase (lot 86). Fierce
bidding both in the room and on the phone made this the second-highest price
ever obtained for a work by Salto worldwide. His bulbous Fruit vase, meanwhile,
took €105,940 (lot 95, est. €20,000-30,000).
The sale’s top price was €223,740 for an Oscar Nilsson ebony and pearwood
library table (lot 146, est. €70,000-90,000) – a world record price for the
artist. One of Finn Juhl’s iconic teak and leather Chieftain armchairs, meanwhile,
fetched €174,140 (lot 147).
The radical appearance and high-quality finish of works by Axel Einar Hjorth
typify the innovative talent of early 20th century Design pioneers, and helped
forge the reputation of Scandinavian Design. Such furniture rarely comes on the
market, and prompted tremendous excitement in the saleroom – with an oak and
leather desk climbing to €56,340 (lot 77) and a Sandhamm pinewood cupboard,
with wrought iron mounts, to €42,700 (lot 78).
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In the words of PIASA Vice-President & Chief Executive Frédéric Chambre:
‘Thanks to a high-quality selection of objects and the renewed confidence of
French and international collectors, PIASA were able to set a new record for a
sale of Scandinavian Design in Paris.’
(Results including premium)
Top lots
> Lot 146 > Lot 86 > Lot 147 > Lot 6 > Lot 95 > Lot 144 > Lot 212 Oscar Nilsson Axel Johannes Salto Finn Juhl
Peder Moos
Axel Johannes Salto
Jorgen Berg
Poul Kjœrholm
€223,740 / $288,830
€217,540 / $280 830
€174,140 / $224,830
€124,540 / $160,770
€105,940 / $136,760
€74,940 / $96,740
€66,260 / $85,520
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Peder Moos (1906-1991)
Cabinet de curiosité, 1956
Palissandre- Pièce unique
H 162 x L 54 x P 43 cm
Provenance : Collection
personnelle de l’artiste, conservé
dans la famille par descendance
Est. 100 000 / 150 000 €
Vendu 124 540 € - Lot 6
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Peder Moos (1906-1991)
Bureau
Noyer et sycomore
Signé dans le tiroir de droite
Date de création : 1948
H 70,5 x L 122,5 x P 70 cm
Est. 55 000 / 65 000 €
Vendu 74 940 € - Lot 8
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Peder Moos (1906-1991)
Porte-manteau « Cintre »
Noyer
Signé et daté sur la patère
Date de création : 1948
H 28 × L 49 cm ; cintre :
H 14 × L 49 cm
Provenance : Collection
personnelle de l’artiste, conservé
dans la famille par descendance
Est. 6 000 / 9 000 €
Vendu 26 580 € - Lot 18
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Axel Johannes salto (1889-1961)
Vase
Grès émaillé
Édition Royal Copenhagen
Signé et marque de l’éditeur
Date de création : 1945
H 26 × Ø 34 cm
Est. 40 000 / 60 000 €
Vendu 217 540 € - Lot 86
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Oscar Nilsson (attribué à)
Library Table
Bureau ou table
Ébène et poirier
Édition Hjalmar Jackson
Date de création : vers 1930
H 74,5 × L 189 × P 70 cm
Bibliographie : Tidskrift för
Snickerioch Möbelkonst år, 1934
Est. 70 000 / 90 000 €
Vendu 223 740 € - Lot 146
Record mondial
pour cet artiste
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Finn Juhl (1912-1989)
Chieftain
Fauteuil
Teck et cuir
Édition Niels Vodder
Date de création : vers 1949
H 95 × L 105 × P 85 cm
Bibliographie : Finn Juhl :
Furniture, Architecture,
Applied art/a biography,
Esbjøorn Hiort,
The danish architectural Press,
1990, p. 41
Est. 80 000 / 120 000 €
Vendu 174 140 € - Lot 147
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Jørgen Berg
Cabinet
Palissandre et bois noirci
Date de création : vers 1970
H 141 × L 93 × 41,5 cm
Est. 50 000 / 70 000 €
Vendu 79 940 € - Lot 144
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Axel Einar Hjorth (1888-1959)
Funkis
Bureau et chaise
Chêne et cuir
Édition Nordiska Kompaniet
Plaque métalique R35325-C MÖB
Date de création : vers 1930
Bureau : H 75 × 150 × 55 cm
Chaise : H 99 × L 57 × P 52,5 cm
Exposition : Stockholm
exhibition, 1930
Est. 40 000 / 60 000 €
Vendu 56 340 € - Lot 77
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Design Department
Cédric Morisset
François Épin
Cindy Chanthavong
DESIGN AUCTION SCHEDULE
> Tuesday 8 October - 6pm
PIERRE SABATIER AGAINST
DONT COLLECTION PRIVÉE ART AND CRAFT
> Tuesday 28 October
VERRERIES ITALIENNES DE DEUX COLLECTIONS PRIVÉES
> Monday 27 October - 6pm
PROTEST ! Art + Design
(ART CONTEMPORAIN, ART MODERNE, PHOTOGRAPHIE, DESIGN)
> Thursday 6 November - 6pm
PIERRE CULOT (1938-2011) - Ceramics
> Tuesday 25 November - 6pm
DESIGN ITALIEN et sélection GABRIELLA CRESPI
> Thursday 18 December - 6pm
DESIGN XXe ET XXIe SIÈCLES DONT THEMATIQUE FRED BROUARD
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