"EEL" CENTERPIECE, NO. 1054 | Sotheby´s
Estimated value: 80,000—120,000 US$
Reached Price: 102,000 US$
Auction:
Important 20th Century Design
Sales date: 2006-12-15
Location:
New York
Lot number: 127
Design
HENNING KOPPEL
Year 1987, designed 1956
Manufacturer Georg Jensen, Copenhagen
Architonic id 4107772
Year 1987, designed 1956
Manufacturer Georg Jensen, Copenhagen
Architonic id 4107772
Sterling silver
Marked under base
5 1/2 x 28 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 72.1 x 19.1 cm) 112.8 oz (3,508 g)
Provenance:
Meister Silber, Zurich
Literature and References:
Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George H. Marcus, eds., Design Since 1945, Philadelphia, 1983, p. 158
Moller, 1965, p. 21 and back cover
Georg Jensen Sølv, 1966, p. 59
Mobilia, June/July 1966, pp. 78-79
Hughes, 1967, p. 21
Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 77 Years, 1980, p. 89
Bony, 1982, p. 352
Funder, 1999, p. 159
Kaiser, 2000, pp. 78-79
Drucker, 2001, p. 205
Drucker and Drucker, 2002, p. 114
Taylor and Laskey, 2003, pp. 24, 310, and 321
Marked under base
5 1/2 x 28 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 72.1 x 19.1 cm) 112.8 oz (3,508 g)
Provenance:
Meister Silber, Zurich
Literature and References:
Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George H. Marcus, eds., Design Since 1945, Philadelphia, 1983, p. 158
Moller, 1965, p. 21 and back cover
Georg Jensen Sølv, 1966, p. 59
Mobilia, June/July 1966, pp. 78-79
Hughes, 1967, p. 21
Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 77 Years, 1980, p. 89
Bony, 1982, p. 352
Funder, 1999, p. 159
Kaiser, 2000, pp. 78-79
Drucker, 2001, p. 205
Drucker and Drucker, 2002, p. 114
Taylor and Laskey, 2003, pp. 24, 310, and 321
