Stockholm Exhibition 1930, catalogue and brochures, three pieces, provenance Gunnar Asplund.

"Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd, maj-september: officiell huvudkatalog". Exhibition Publishers Almqvist & Wiksell & Bröderna Lagerström. First printing, Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, Uppsala 1930. Paperback, 278 pages with a fold-out map of the exhibition area. Includes a bookmark advertising Falu red paint and wood tar from Stora Kopparbergslags Aktiebolag in Falun. 19 x 14 cm.

"Stockholmsutställningen 1930: Program och Bestämmelser". Bröderna Lagerström, Stockholm 1929. 19 pages, 25 x 17.5 cm.

"Stockholmsutställningen 1930: Vägvisare". Exhibition Publishers Almqvist & Wiksell & Bröderna Lagerström. First printing, Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, Uppsala 1930. 43 pages, 19 x 13.5 cm.

All covers with stamped ex libris E. G. ASPLUND ARKITEKT STOCKHOLM.

Wear, stains, and handling creases. The main catalogue's cover and spine with damage. "Vägvisare" is missing its original bookmark. Not fully examined.

Provenance

Ex libris collection of architect Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940).
Thence by descent to his son, architect Hans Asplund (1921-1994).
Thence by descent to his son, diplomat and UN ambassador Bo Asplund (1950-2024).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

More information

The Stockholm Exhibition (Stockholmsutställningen) was an exhibition held in 1930 in Stockholm, Sweden, that had a great impact on the architectural styles known as Functionalism and International Style. The head architect of the exhibition was Gunnar Asplund.

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