Watercolors by Finn Juhl

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A number of the great Danish designers, Finn Juhl (1912–89) ranks alongside such giants as Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen. He used to be particularly well known for his sculptural, seemingly organic tables, chairs and sofas, however the complex interior designs that he developed within the 1940s and ‘50s were also enormously successful. These include the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC, and the conference room of the United Nations Trusteeship Council in New York.
However, it isn’t widely known that Finn Juhl used to be also a talented watercolor painter who used the medium to devise gorgeous, exacting sketches of his pieces. For the first time, this publication allows readers to take a unique have a look at the designer’s working methods. Here, more than 125 subtle works on paper keep up a correspondence the ingenuity in their author. Finn Juhl’s furniture classics, living concepts and interior designs can in the end be experienced in all their complexity, as one traces their development from genesis to realization.


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