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Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd(Sweden, 1934-2016)
"Kilroy's heart", 1975
Hammer price
15 000SEK
Estimate
18 000 - 20 000 SEK

"Kilroy's heart", 1975

Signed Carl Fredrik with dedication. Numbered HC 1/2. Reflection hologram 26.5 x 21.2 cm including frame.

Provenance

Dr Hans Bjelkhagens collection, Dyserth, Great Britain.

More information

The gilt bronze heart was created from a model in clay from anonymous human heart. (Measurements: height 65 mm, length 13 mm, New York, September 1962). This bronze heart was used for producing the master hologram with a pulsed ruby laser at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1973. The limited-edition white-light viewable reflection holograms were produced in 1975. This one is marked HC 1 / 2.

More about Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1934-2016), is a Swedish painter and sculptor who lives in Switzerland. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris 1951-1952 and was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1965-1969. He lived in Bussigny/Laussane and Paris. In 1974 he was a guest professor at Minneapolis School of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Reuterswärd is known for his sculpture showing a revolver tied in a knot, called Non Violence, on display outside United Nations headquarters in New York.

One of the first established artists to use the hologram technique was Bruce Nauman who recorded a well-known series of pulsed-laser transmission holograms entitled Making Faces in 1968. His holograms were exhibited at the Castelli Gallery in New York. Another famous artist was Salvador Dalí who made holograms at McDonnell Douglas holographic labs in the USA and exhibited in New York at the Knoedler Gallery. Harriet Casdin-Silver in the USA and Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd in Sweden are two other established artists who were attracted to lasers and holography and created early holographic art pieces in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Reuterswärd’s early work, including laser and holography art pieces, is described in the book:

25 YEARS IN THE BRANCH, Benteli Verlag Berne, Switzerland, 1977. ISBN 91-7100-125-5.

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By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

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