"AFRICAN GIRL" PITCHER, NO. 978 | Sotheby´s
Estimated value: 15,000—20,000 US$
Reached Price: 33,000 US$
Auction:
Important 20th Century Design
Sales date: 2006-12-15
Location:
New York
Lot number: 118
Design
HENNING KOPPEL
Manufacturer Georg Jensen, Copenhagen
Architonic id 4107767
Manufacturer Georg Jensen, Copenhagen
Architonic id 4107767
Silver
Produced by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, with the firm's 1945-1977 mark
Marked under base
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm) high 48.2 oz (1,433 g)
Provenance:
Gallery Danborg, Copenhagen
Literature and References:
“Georg Jensen,” Interiors, May 1952, p. 108
Martin Eidelberg, ed., Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, Montreal, 1991, p. 104
Moller, 1965, p. 9
Hughes, 1967, p. 19
Funder, 1999, p. 158
Kaiser, 2000, p. 61
Fiell and Fiell, 2000, p. 462
Drucker and Drucker, 2002, p. 104
Fiell and Fiell, 2002, pp. 364 and 366
Taylor and Laskey, 2003, pp. 293, 302
August, 2004, pp. 51, 55
Produced by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, with the firm's 1945-1977 mark
Marked under base
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm) high 48.2 oz (1,433 g)
Provenance:
Gallery Danborg, Copenhagen
Literature and References:
“Georg Jensen,” Interiors, May 1952, p. 108
Martin Eidelberg, ed., Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, Montreal, 1991, p. 104
Moller, 1965, p. 9
Hughes, 1967, p. 19
Funder, 1999, p. 158
Kaiser, 2000, p. 61
Fiell and Fiell, 2000, p. 462
Drucker and Drucker, 2002, p. 104
Fiell and Fiell, 2002, pp. 364 and 366
Taylor and Laskey, 2003, pp. 293, 302
August, 2004, pp. 51, 55
