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Lena Cronqvist(Sweden, 1938-2025)
"Skvallerbytta III"
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100 000 - 125 000 SEK

"Skvallerbytta III"

Signed LC and numbered 4/5. Executed 1993-94. Foundry mark H. Bergman. Patinated bronze. Height 34, width 30,5 and depth 30 cm.

Provenance

Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm. Private collection, Sweden.

Literature

"Lena Cronqvist - Skulpturer 1993-1995", illustrated full page p. 67.

More information

Mårten Castenfors beskriver i sin essä ”Lena Cronqvist och det absolut nödvändiga”, SAK 2003, konstnärens måleri på 1990-talet som måleriska framställningar av små figuranter. Det är unga flickor som grimaserar i en värld av växtvärk, spelad oskyldighet och barnslig grymhet. ”1990-talets flickor vänder och vrider envetet på dockor och katter: de badar, dränker, stryper och bäddar med samma sorgmodiga välbehag.”

Flickorna, med sin trotsiga och allvarliga uppsyn, tycks placerade i en vuxenlös miljö där deras till synes oskyldiga lek är laddad med dunkla undertoner. Parallellt med att flickorna blir mer och mer vanartiga i måleriet finner motiven även sin tredimensionella form i Cronqvists skulpturer av terrakotta och brons. I såväl stor som liten skala utstrålar de små gestalterna psykologisk trovärdighet, självständighet och styrka. De styr och ställer och härskar över sin egen värld må det vara en sten, en balja eller ett vatten.

Motivet "Skvallerbytta" i tempera och olja på duk är daterat till 1991. (avbildat helsida s. 160 i "Lena Cronqvist, Målningar 1964-1994", Galleri Lars Boman, Stockholm, 1994). Motivet "Skvallerbytta" finns som skulptur i tre utföranden utförda 1993-94, varav auktionens skulptur är version III.

More about Lena Cronqvist

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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