Lena Cronqvist
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"Flicka med tummar i öronen"
Signed Lena Cronqvist and numbered 2/4. Bronze, height 131 cm.
Provenance
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm.
Bukowskis Auktioner, maj 2013, kat nr 414.
Privatsamling.
Exhibitions
Historiska Museet, Stockholm, "Arkipelag", 16 January – 26 April 1998.
Literature
Lokstallet Konsthall, "Lena Cronqvist - Artist of the Year", 2000, see illustrations.
More information
CONDITIONAL SALE, the lots with auction number 255-260 are first called out as separate lots and will then be offered as one lot with auction number 260A. A winning bid on auction number 260A requires a bid exceeding the total hammered price on auction number 255-260. Unsold lots will be priced at the reserves.
Artist
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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