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Anna Petrus

(Sweden, 1886-1949)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 250 - 2 700 EUR
2 370 - 2 850 USD
Hammer price
34 000 SEK
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Eva Seeman
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Eva Seeman
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Anna Petrus
(Sweden, 1886-1949)

a pewter flask in the shape of a lion, Herman Bergman, Stockholm 1920's.

Signed A. Petrus and underneath one of the paws Herman Bergman Fud. RENT TENN. Length 17 cm, height 21 cm.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, catalogue nr 54, Stockholms stads hantverksförenings jubileumsutställning, 29th of Augusti -27th of September 1925. See p 42.

Literature

Marie Rehnberg, 'Anna Petrus, skulptör och industrikonstnär', Signum Förlag 2009, p 84-85.
H. Hedqvist, R Jacobson, J v Gerber, 'Modernt Svenskt Tenn', Atlantis Förlag 2004. See p 14, this actual lion depicted.

More information

Very few of this model are known.

Designer

Anna Petrus was a sculptor and designer at the beginning of the 20th Century. After her death, Anna Petrus' work was almost forgotten, but in recent years, it been rediscovered. And now, her sculptures are sought after-objects.


She was born Anna Petersson, the daughter of a medical professor and a countess, and took the surname when she studied at the Academy of Arts. She inherited a small fortune at age 11 when her mother died, which enabled her to educate in London and travel to Italy and France. Anna Petrus had her international breakthrough at the Paris World Fair in 1925, where she displayed pewter and cast iron objects in the Swedish Grace style. At the time, pewter was a material that was considered unfashionable, but its popularity increased with designers like Anna Petrus.


In 1924, she began collaborating with the newly established Firma Svenskt Tenn. The lion became a recurring motif in Anna Petrus' production as sculptures and decorations.

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