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Torsten Renqvist

(Sweden, 1924-2007)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 410 - 2 890 EUR
2 760 - 3 320 USD
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Torsten Renqvist
(Sweden, 1924-2007)

"Robinson"

Signed underneath on the wood base TR. and dated -68. Numbered 2/15. Bronze, dark patina, mounted on a wood base. Length 44.5 cm, width 9 cm, height 7.5 cm.

Exhibitions

Moderna Museet, "Torsten Renqvist", 9 March - 28 April 1974, compare cat. no. 136, same motif listed under the year 1968, p. 75 ("Robinson, skiss, gjutjärn").
Liljevalchs Konsthall, "Torsten Renqvist", 4 November 1994 - 8 January 1995, compare cat. no. 174 ill. at p. 95. (Similar but larger motif from 1968, belongs to Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Polen).

Literature

Moderna Museet, exhibitioncatalogue "Torsten Renqvist", 1974, compare cat. no. 136, same motif listed under the year 1968, p. 75 ("Robinson, skiss, gjutjärn").
Ed. Lars Nygren, "Brottstycken ur Torsten Renqvists dagböcker", 1988, compare similar motif cat. no. 17.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, exhibition catalogue no. 428, 1994, "Torsten Renqvist", compare similar motif, cat no 174 ill. at p. 95.
Mailis Stensman, "Torsten Renqvist", 2002, compare similar motif at pp. 42-43 and identical motif at p. 308-309 (from his studio).

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