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Alvar Aalto(Finland, 1898-1976)
a dish, probably Iittala, Finland.
Hammer price
26 000SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK

A dish, probably Iittala, Finland.

White underlay, organic shape. Length 37,2 cm, height 1,5 cm.

Provenance

Reportedly a gift from Alvar Aalto himself to the Swedish designer Björn Trägårdh.

More information

The model was deisgned in 1937 as a part of the series 'Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa'.

More about Alvar Aalto

Alvar Aalto is one of Finland's most prominent architects and designers and one of Scandinavia's biggest proponents of modern architecture and design. Several of the furniture and vases he designed are today considered iconic design classics, including the Savoy vases, the Beehive lamp, and Armchair, model '31'.Alvar Aalto is the most internationally famous Finnish architect and designer. Aalto was a great ambassador for Finnish design at a time when the Finnish people were thinking about how to present themselves to the rest of the world. He gave equal weight to form and function, and was inspired by the Finnish landscape. Aalto is one of the most important representatives of modern architecture and has created its own architecture direction, whose aesthetic effect is based on careful planning of the buildings in relation to the environment, a human dimension and good sense of material.

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