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Sven X:et Erixson

(Sweden, 1899-1970)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 550 - 4 440 EUR
3 700 - 4 630 USD
Hammer price
46 000 SEK
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Finland: Kuvasto

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Sven X:et Erixson
(Sweden, 1899-1970)

A TAPESTRY, tapestry weave, after a cartoon by the Swedish painter Sven X:et Erixson, translated into a weave by Barbro

Nilsson, ca 143 x 407 cm. A polychrome modernistic composition. The painter Sven X:et Erixson executed the cartoon for this tapestry in 1960-61. The tapestry was woven for Margarinbolagets head office, Stockholm, (Strandbergsgatan 20). A label comes with this lot: Vävd efter kartong av Sven Erixson på Barbro Nilssons verkstad N. Smedjegatan 21, Stockholm, av Kerstin Fredrikson och Edith Johansson 1961-1962. (Unique).

Slightly dirty, insignificant wear and faded, minor stains and damages.

Literature

Compare with Konstrevy 1961, Stockholm 1961, Prydnad för kontor, text pages 144-145 and 160, plate page 144; Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, text page 100.

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Sven X:et Erixson has made several cartoons for tapestries that have been translated into a weave by Barbro Nilsson. The most famous is "Melodier vid torget" for Gothenburg's concert hall.