"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

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