PROPERTY OF ALEXANDER VON VEGESACK, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET, FRANCE Alvar Aalto Stacking chair, model no. 23/3, designed for the Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio 1929-1933 Painted bent birch laminated plywood, painted tubular metal. 76.8 x 47.1 x 62 cm (30 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in.) Manufactured by Rakennustyötehdas Oy, Turku, Finland. Underside painted with III.
Provenance Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio, Finland, 1929-1933 T. Saari, Seinajöki, Finland Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998 Literature 'FINMAR LIMITED: London, S.W.1. 44 Ranelagh Road', Finmar, sales catalogue, Helsingfors, 1936, n.p. 'Alvar Aalto', Domus, no. 435, February 1966, p. 5, fig. 22 for a drawing Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, 2002, pp. 71, 73, 75, 84, 163 Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Paimio: 1929-1933, exh. cat., Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, 2004, n.p. Thomas Kellein, ed., alvar & aino aalto. design collection bischofberger, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Zurich, 2005, p. 23 Catalogue Essay The present lot is sold to benefit the non-profit association C.I.R.E.C.A. at Domaine de Boisbuchet, recognised by the French Government. Read More Artist Bio Alvar Aalto Finnish • 1898 - 1976 In contrast with the functionalism of the International Style (as well the neoclassicism put forward by the Nazi and Soviet regimes), Alvar Aalto brought a refreshing breath of humanism to modern design: "True architecture exists only where man stands in the center," he wrote. Aalto designed furniture in stack-laminated plywood composed of Finnish birch, which was cost-effective and lent warmth to his interiors. Aalto also revived Finnish glass design with his entries in the various Karhula-Iitala glassworks competitions throughout the 1930s. In 1936 he won first place for a collection of colorful, wavy vases in various sizes titled Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa (The Eskimo Woman’s Leather Breeches). The vases were an immediate success and the most popular size, now known as the "Savoy" vase, is still in production today. Aalto's freeform designs, in harmony with human needs and nature, anticipated the organic modernism of the 1950s and 1960s; in particular, his innovations in bent plywood had a major impact on designers such as Charles and Ray Eames View More Works
PROPERTY OF ALEXANDER VON VEGESACK, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET, FRANCE Alvar Aalto Stacking chair, model no. 23/3, designed for the Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio 1929-1933 Painted bent birch laminated plywood, painted tubular metal. 76.8 x 47.1 x 62 cm (30 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in.) Manufactured by Rakennustyötehdas Oy, Turku, Finland. Underside painted with III.
Provenance Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio, Finland, 1929-1933 T. Saari, Seinajöki, Finland Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998 Literature 'FINMAR LIMITED: London, S.W.1. 44 Ranelagh Road', Finmar, sales catalogue, Helsingfors, 1936, n.p. 'Alvar Aalto', Domus, no. 435, February 1966, p. 5, fig. 22 for a drawing Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, 2002, pp. 71, 73, 75, 84, 163 Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Paimio: 1929-1933, exh. cat., Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, 2004, n.p. Thomas Kellein, ed., alvar & aino aalto. design collection bischofberger, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Zurich, 2005, p. 23 Catalogue Essay The present lot is sold to benefit the non-profit association C.I.R.E.C.A. at Domaine de Boisbuchet, recognised by the French Government. Read More Artist Bio Alvar Aalto Finnish • 1898 - 1976 In contrast with the functionalism of the International Style (as well the neoclassicism put forward by the Nazi and Soviet regimes), Alvar Aalto brought a refreshing breath of humanism to modern design: "True architecture exists only where man stands in the center," he wrote. Aalto designed furniture in stack-laminated plywood composed of Finnish birch, which was cost-effective and lent warmth to his interiors. Aalto also revived Finnish glass design with his entries in the various Karhula-Iitala glassworks competitions throughout the 1930s. In 1936 he won first place for a collection of colorful, wavy vases in various sizes titled Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa (The Eskimo Woman’s Leather Breeches). The vases were an immediate success and the most popular size, now known as the "Savoy" vase, is still in production today. Aalto's freeform designs, in harmony with human needs and nature, anticipated the organic modernism of the 1950s and 1960s; in particular, his innovations in bent plywood had a major impact on designers such as Charles and Ray Eames View More Works
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