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Arvid Knöppel

(Sweden, 1892-1970)
Estimate
80 000 - 100 000 SEK
7 800 - 9 750 EUR
9 060 - 11 300 USD
Hammer price
65 000 SEK
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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Lisa Gartz
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Lisa Gartz
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Arvid Knöppel
(Sweden, 1892-1970)

Girl on seashell

Signed Knöppel and dated- 23. Marble, height 62 cm, length 35 cm.

More information

In the bronze sculpture, with the same composition, the woman is kneeling on a seashell, hence the name "Girl on seashell."
As a public sculpture the same composition was 1949 placed in Badhusparken (a park) in Piteå, Sweden.