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Bertil Vallien

(Sweden, Born 1938)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 630 - 3 510 EUR
2 740 - 3 650 USD
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Bertil Vallien
(Sweden, Born 1938)

a unique sand casted 'Head' glass sculpture, Kosta Boda, Sweden.

Polychrome decor of a face inside the glass, signed B Vallien KOSTA BODA UNIQUE 8BVAUN 979334, mounted for wall hanging, height 21,5 cm, width ca 12 cm, depth ca 18 cm.

Provenance

Galleri Kamras, Borgholm.

Literature

Gunnar Lindqvist, 'Bertil Vallien - Glas eats light', Carlssons 1999, compare similar "Resting heads" illustrated and mentioned pp 226-229.

Designer

Bertil Vallien (b. 1938) is a Swedish glass designer and ceramicist. He pursued his studies at Konstfack in Stockholm as well as on study trips to Denmark and the USA. In the 1960s, Vallien worked at Boda glassworks as an assistant to Erik Höglund, and was later linked to Åfors glassworks. Vallien works primarily in glass and has developed a distinctive style of sandcast glass sculptures, often depicting boats and heads. His sculptures have a kind of inner glow that lingers in the memory. Vallien is represented around the world and has been awarded the prize "Visionaries! Award" in 2001. Bertil was married to the artist Ulrica Hydman-Vallien.

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