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Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)

(Sweden, Born 1949)
Dawid (Björn Dawidsson), "Två päron"(Two pears), 1980.Dawid (Björn Dawidsson), "Två päron"(Two pears), 1980.
Dawid (Björn Dawidsson), "Två päron"(Two pears), 1980.Dawid (Björn Dawidsson), "Två päron"(Two pears), 1980.
Dawid (Björn Dawidsson), "Två päron"(Two pears), 1980.
Dawid (Björn Dawidsson), "Två päron"(Two pears), 1980.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
770 - 962 EUR
886 - 1 110 USD
Hammer price
6 500 SEK
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Finland: Kuvasto

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Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
(Sweden, Born 1949)

"Två päron"(Two pears), 1980

Signerad Dawid and numbered 2 and dated 1980 on verso. Gelatin silver print, image 10.5 x 13 cm.

Provenance

Galleri Camera Obscura, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "396 Fotografiska förälskelser", 2001.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Camera Obscura, "Dawid", 1980, reproduced on full page p. 9.

Designer

Dawid is one of Sweden’s most notorious photographers, and was a pioneer in conceptual photography. He had his breakthrough in 1983 with the exhibition “Rost” at the Fotografiska Museum. Dawid pushes the boundaries to what is considered photography, At first glance, his images possess strong aesthetic values, but upon closer inspection, the depicted objects, which appear in all their everyday ordinariness, seem to open up anew. The images undergo a kind of metamorphosis and acquire meanings beyond the merely denoted.

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