manufactured by Artek Oy, Finland
bent laminated birch, moulded birch-veneered plywood
27 x 28¹⁄₂ x 24 in. (68.6 x 72.4 x 61 cm)

Fifty/50, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984

Alvar Aalto Furniture, exh. cat., Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, 1984, back cover, pp. 76, no. 104; 126 (for an outline of the model); 138-139, no. 213
Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, p. 8
Alvar Aalto Interiors, 1923-1970, exh. cat., Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, 1986, pp. 56, no. 39 (for a sketch of the model); 61, no. 47
P. Reed, Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998, pp. 165, no. 64; 192, no. 137 (for a period photograph of this model on display in the Finnish Pavilion, Paris World’s Fair, France, 1937); 201, no. 154 (for a period photograph of this model on display in the Finnish Pavilion, New York World’s Fair, circa 1938)
P. Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, 2002, pp. 18 (for a period photograph of this model on display in the Finnish Pavilion, Paris World’s Fair, France, 1937), 34-35, 70, 79 (for a period photograph of this model on display in the Wood Only exhibition in London, 1933), 83 (for a period photograph of this model on display at the Strindberg Art Salon, Helsinki, 1934), 85 (for a period photograph of this model in the Artek showrooms in Helsinki, circa 1935), 160 (for a sketch of this model), 166 (for a period advertisement)
H. Cantz, Alvar & Aino Aalto. Design, Collection Bischofberger, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005, pp. 29 (for a sketch of the model), 42-47

This model can be found in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 1984.223) and the Minneapolis Institute of Art (acc. no. 98.176).