GEORG JENSEN SILVERSMITHY: 77 ARTISTS, 75 YEARS
Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts
[Georg Jensen Silversmithy] Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts: GEORG JENSEN SILVERSMITHY: 77 ARTISTS, 75 YEARS. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. First edition. Quarto. Ochre cloth titled in gold. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Black endpapers. 128 pp. 142 photographs prepared for this publication. Georg Jensen sales business card laid in. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Trivial wear overall, thus a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket.
8.5 x 10.75 hardcover book with 128 pages and 142 photographs especially prepared for this publication. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by and held at the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Feb. 26th - July 6, 1980. Introduction by Lloyd E. Herman, essay by Erik Lassen. Includes bibliography and studio marks. An excellent reference volume.
This book documents the development of the Georg Jensen Silversithy by examining the broad range of works created by its designers - including jewelry, flatware, holloware, and personal and decorative objects made of silver, stainless steel, pewter and gold. In the process they reveal Jensen's major influence on the evolution of modern design.
Includes work by the following designers, artisans and craftsmen: Gundorph Albertus, Vilhelm Albertus, Anne Ammitzboll, Ib Just Andersen, Knudholst Andersen, Rigmor Andersen And Annelise Bjorner, Steffen Andersen, Jens Andreason, Sigvard Bernadotte, Ib Bluitgen, Bente Bonne, Max Brammer, Ove Brobeck, Torun Bulow-Hube, Jorgen Dahlerup And Gert Holbeck, Ibe Dahlquist, Nanna Ditzel, Tias Eckhoff, Flemming Eskilden, Tuk Fischer, Astrid Fog, Ernst Forsmann, Kirsten Fournais, Bent Gabrielsen, Bertel Gardberg, Arje Griegst, Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, Poul Hansen, Per Harild, Marie Hassenpflug, Henry Heerup, Piet Hien, Hans Henriksen, Gudmund Hentze, Erik Herlow, Knud Holscher, Annette Howdle, Theresia Hvorslev, Ole Ishoj, Hans Ittig, Axel Jensen, Georg Jensen, Jorgen Jensen, Soren Georg Jensen, Bjarnes Jespersen, Edvard Kindt-Larsen, Henning Koppel, Ole Kortzau, Anette Kroen, Hugo Liisberg, Erik Magnussen, Arno Malinowski, Andreas Mikkelsen, Kristian Mohl-Hansen, Kim Naver, Harald Nielsen, Gustav Pedersen, Arne Peteresen, Bent Holse Petersen, Ole Bent Petersen, Henry Pilstrup, Johan Rohde, Anton Rosen, Stephan Rostrup, Georg Schutt, Henning Seidelin, Thor Selzer, Svend Siune, Eva Stoehr-Nielsen, Olaf Stoehr-Nielsen, Magnus Stephensen, Siegfried Wagner, Ole Wanshcer, Ove Wendt and Othmar Zschaler.