WEDNESDAY 17 septembeR 2014 - 6PM

Most important
scandinavian auction
in Paris
Success of Peder Mooss private
interior

PIASA
118 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor
75008 Paris

PRESS and COMMUNICATION

Ccile Demtchenko Woringer
T +33 1 53 34 12 95 M +33 6 38 93 44 15
c.demtchenko@piasa.fr

Press Release

Design Sale brings 3.5m (premium included) nearly

80% of lots sold
PIASA inaugurated their new premises at 118 rue du Faubourg-St-Honor on
Wednesday 17 September, with a sale devoted to one of the firms specialist themes,
Scandinavian v. American Design, and to the personal furniture collection of Peder
Moos, which also enjoyed great success.

Personal Collection of PEDER MOOS (1906-91)

Over sixty unique works by Danish designer Peder Moos from his personal collection,
were consigned by his descendants and came fresh to the market.
Top price of 124,540 went to a table-bookcase or cabinet de curiosits (lot 6), with
other highlights including an elegant desk in walnut, maple and boxwood, dated 1944,
at 74,940 (lot 8); a Minimalist walnut coat-hanger and matching hook at 26,580 (lot
18, est. 6000-8000); and a box and walnut sofa at 56,340 (lot 5).
PIASA now holds the leading prices obtained at auction for this pioneer of
Scandinavian Design.

SCANDINAVIAN v. AMERICAN DESIGN

The second part of the sale, comprising nearly 220 lots, featured leading names of
Scandinavian and American Design.
An ensemble of ceramics by Axel Johannes Salto yielded exceptional
results, including 217,540 for a glazed stoneware vase (lot 86). Fierce
bidding both in the room and on the phone made this the second-highest price
ever obtained for a work by Salto worldwide. His bulbous Fruit vase, meanwhile,
took 105,940 (lot 95, est. 20,000-30,000).
The sales top price was 223,740 for an Oscar Nilsson ebony and pearwood
library table (lot 146, est. 70,000-90,000) a world record price for the
artist. One of Finn Juhls iconic teak and leather Chieftain armchairs, meanwhile,
fetched 174,140 (lot 147).
The radical appearance and high-quality finish of works by Axel Einar Hjorth
typify the innovative talent of early 20th century Design pioneers, and helped
forge the reputation of Scandinavian Design. Such furniture rarely comes on the
market, and prompted tremendous excitement in the saleroom with an oak and
leather desk climbing to 56,340 (lot 77) and a Sandhamm pinewood cupboard,
with wrought iron mounts, to 42,700 (lot 78).

In the words of PIASA Vice-President & Chief Executive Frdric Chambre:

Thanks to a high-quality selection of objects and the renewed confidence of
French and international collectors, PIASA were able to set a new record for a
sale of Scandinavian Design in Paris.
(Results including premium)

Top lots
> Lot 146
> Lot 86
> Lot 147
> Lot 6
> Lot 95
> Lot 144
> Lot 212

Oscar Nilsson
Axel Johannes Salto
Finn Juhl
Peder Moos
Axel Johannes Salto
Jorgen Berg
Poul Kjrholm

223,740 / $288,830
217,540 / $280 830
174,140 / $224,830
124,540 / $160,770
105,940 / $136,760
74,940 / $96,740
66,260 / $85,520

Peder Moos (1906-1991)

Cabinet de curiosit, 1956

Palissandre- Pice unique
H 162 x L 54 x P 43 cm
Provenance : Collection
personnelle de lartiste, conserv
dans la famille par descendance
Est. 100 000 / 150 000
Vendu 124 540 - Lot 6

Peder Moos (1906-1991)

Bureau
Noyer et sycomore
Sign dans le tiroir de droite
Date de cration : 1948
H 70,5 x L 122,5 x P 70 cm
Est. 55 000 / 65 000
Vendu 74 940 - Lot 8

Peder Moos (1906-1991)

Porte-manteau Cintre
Noyer
Sign et dat sur la patre
Date de cration : 1948
H28L49cm ; cintre :
H14L49cm
Provenance : Collection
personnelle de lartiste, conserv
dans la famille par descendance
Est. 6 000 / 9 000
Vendu 26 580 - Lot 18

Axel Johannes salto (1889-1961)

Vase
Grs maill
dition Royal Copenhagen
Sign et marque de lditeur
Date de cration : 1945
H 26 34 cm
Est. 40 000 / 60 000
Vendu 217 540 - Lot 86

Oscar Nilsson (attribu )

Library Table
Bureau ou table
bne et poirier
dition Hjalmar Jackson
Date de cration : vers 1930
H 74,5 L 189 P 70 cm
Bibliographie : Tidskrift fr
Snickerioch Mbelkonst r, 1934
Est. 70 000 / 90 000
Vendu 223 740 - Lot 146
Record mondial
pour cet artiste

Finn Juhl (1912-1989)

Chieftain
Fauteuil
Teck et cuir
dition Niels Vodder
Date de cration : vers 1949
H 95 L 105 P 85 cm
Bibliographie : Finn Juhl :
Furniture, Architecture,
Applied art/a biography,
Esbjorn Hiort,
The danish architectural Press,
1990, p. 41
Est. 80 000 / 120 000
Vendu 174 140 - Lot 147

Jrgen Berg

Cabinet
Palissandre et bois noirci
Date de cration : vers 1970
H 141 L 93 41,5 cm
Est. 50 000 / 70 000
Vendu 79 940 - Lot 144

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Axel Einar Hjorth (1888-1959)

Funkis
Bureau et chaise
Chne et cuir
dition Nordiska Kompaniet
Plaque mtalique R35325-C MB
Date de cration : vers 1930
Bureau : H 75 150 55 cm
Chaise : H 99 L 57 P 52,5 cm
Exposition : Stockholm
exhibition, 1930
Est. 40 000 / 60 000
Vendu 56 340 - Lot 77

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Design Department
Cdric Morisset
Franois pin
Cindy Chanthavong

DESIGN AUCTION SCHEDULE

> Tuesday 8 October - 6pm
PIERRE SABATIER AGAINST
DONT COLLECTION PRIVE ART AND CRAFT
> Tuesday 28 October
VERRERIES ITALIENNES DE DEUX COLLECTIONS PRIVES
> Monday 27 October - 6pm
PROTEST ! Art + Design
(ART CONTEMPORAIN, ART MODERNE, PHOTOGRAPHIE, DESIGN)
> Thursday 6 November - 6pm
PIERRE CULOT (1938-2011) - Ceramics
> Tuesday 25 November - 6pm
DESIGN ITALIEN et slection GABRIELLA CRESPI
> Thursday 18 December - 6pm
DESIGN XXe ET XXIe SICLES DONT THEMATIQUE FRED BROUARD

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