Finn Juhl Grasshopper Chair
The Grasshopper was designed by Finn Juhl in 1938 and exhibited at Niels Vodder's stand at the guild exhibition. Two chairs were displayed alongside a mobile bar cabinet, with illustrations of exquisite cocktails hanging on the walls. This was quite a daring set-up and extravagant when compared to the otherwise "heavy" and traditional furniture that was presented at the time. However, people at the fair neither liked or understood the provocative exhibition. In order to help Niels Vodder avoid bigger loss, Finn Juhl bought the two chairs he had designed. The two Grasshopper Chairs from 1938 were the only ones to see the light of day. Until today.
The Grasshopper was one of Finn Juhl's first attempts at expressing his artistic freedom in the form of furniture. The chair also marks the first in a long line of designs, that would go on to manifest Finn Juhl as one of the all-time greatest in furniture design.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Width: 87 cm / 34.3 inch
- Depth: 101 cm / 39.8 inch
- Height: 93 cm / 36.6 inch
- Seat Height: 34 cm / 13.4 inch
MATERIALS:
- Oak or walnut
HELPFUL NOTES:
- Each Grasshopper is sequentially numbered
Finn Juhl
Finn Juhl, born in Denmark in 1912, was a pioneering force in his own country. Juhl is credited along with fellow Danes Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, and Poul Kjaerholm for introducing Danish modern design to mid-century America.
He began designing furniture like the 1941 Poet Sofa for use in his own home, north of Copenhagen. Juhl felt that furniture, handicraft and art should create a “completeness” of the home, which in his case was decorated with works of the Danish painters of the time.
Juhl made his American debut in 1951 at the "Good Design" exhibit in Chicago and at MoMA in New York, and he represented Denmark in creating the interior of a meeting hall at the United Nations Headquarters.
In 1998 Finn Juhl’s widow, Hanne Wilhelm Hansen, asked the Danish company, Onecollection, to help her make one of Finn Juhl’s sofas – Model 57, designed in 1957. Hanne Wilhelm Hansen wanted to have a single unit of the sofa produced for an exhibition that she wanted to arrange in honour of Juhl who had passed away in 1989. This was a fantastic challenge and this was the beginning of a new chapter in Onecollection’s history. This initial request has led to Onecollection producing many of Finn Juhl’s designs and they have exclusive rights worldwide. In 2013, Onecollection manufactured all new furniture for the Finn Juhl Chamber at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Finn Juhl was an architect and interior and industrial designer most known for his furniture design. He stood out at the forefront of Danish design in the 1940s because he designed furniture with the human body in mind. Finn Juhl’s famous designs include the Pelican Chair, the Poet Sofa, the Chieftain Chair, and the Butterfly table. He is also credited for introducing Danish Design to North America.
In 2001, Ivan Hansen and Hans Henrik Sørensen were trusted with all the exclusive rights to manufacture and relaunch Finn Juhl’s sculptural and iconic furniture by Finn Juhl’s widow Hanne Wilhelm Hansen. Today, the extraordinary collection of chairs, tables, desks, sofas, dining, office, and living room furniture is still created organically, meticulously, and with strict attention to what Finn Juhl would have done. His unique perspective, finesse, and style live on in more than 50 classic masterpieces.
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