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Lena Cronqvist

(Sweden, 1938-2025)
Estimate
400 000 - 600 000 SEK
38 400 - 57 500 EUR
44 100 - 66 200 USD
Hammer price
520 000 SEK
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Lena Cronqvist
(Sweden, 1938-2025)

"Flicka som viftar på öronen och räcker ut tungan"(Girl wagging her ears and sticking out tongue)

Signed Lena Cronqvist and dated 2000. Numbered 3/4. Bronze. Height 95, length 70, width 25 cm. Foundry mark from Empire Bronze, New York.

Provenance

Galleri Dobloug, Oslo.
Private collection, Sweden.

Exhibitions

Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, "Lena Cronqvist", 26 April - 18 May 2003. Cover of the exhibition catalogue.
Lokstallet - Konsthall, Strömstad, "Årets konstnär - Lena Cronqvist", 2000, compare image on page 10.

More information

"Jag minns dem i motljus, i vår första trånga bostad i New York, de små vaxklumparna. Hur de - som om hon såg med fingrarna - förvandlades till varelser med utseende, karaktär, små fulvackra figurer i begynnelsen av livet, med hela registret av möjliga handlingar i sina gener. Och de l o g. De ler, räcker ut tungan, de sätter lillgammalt händerna i höfterna och beter sig överhuvudtaget inte salongsfähigt. De fnissar åt sig själva och oss. Och säkert äger de Namn, fast de för tillfället gömt undan dem, eftersom Namn skulle låsa dem ute från det utopiska land där varje handling - också de allra grymmaste - är tillåtna, varje grimas en utmaning, både mot världen och det JAG som de (vi) skall dresseras att bära, alldeles snart, när den abrupt tagit slut, Flickans tid. Barnets.

Varelser som lätt, mycket lätt, kan röra sig i båda världar."

Göran Tunström i katalogen till "Årets konstnär - Lena Cronqvist" (2000).

Designer

Lena Cronqvist was one of Sweden’s most significant and influential artists, with a career spanning more than five decades. Born in Karlstad and educated at the Bristol School of Art in England as well as the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, she developed a style of painting where technical precision met intense emotional depth. Through her raw and emotionally charged imagery, she explored the paradoxes of motherhood, the shadows of childhood, and the relentless flow of time. Inspired by modernism and Edvard Munch, she transformed the personal into universal stories filled with deep psychological presence and power. As a painter, printmaker, and sculptor, she moved effortlessly between artistic forms, with each work marked by strong emotion and meticulous craftsmanship. Her interpretation of Jan van Eyck’s "The Arnolfini Portrait" in "Trolovningen"(1974/75) became a milestone when it sold at Bukowski's auction Vår Contemporary 2016 for over 11 million SEK - the highest amount ever paid for a work by a living Swedish artist at the time. Lena Cronqvist’s art is a bold and powerful voice that continues to move, challenge, and inspire. Her legacy lives on - boundless and timeless - reminding us of art’s ability to reach into the depths of the human experience.

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