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Michael Schilkin

(Finland, 1900-1962)
Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
4 360 - 6 540 EUR
4 560 - 6 840 USD
Hammer price
60 000 SEK
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Finland: Kuvasto

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Michael Schilkin
(Finland, 1900-1962)

a stoneware wall relief, Arabia, Finland 1940s.

Modelled with motif in the shape of an African woman with an ostrich egg, signed Schilkin, ca 62 x 39 cm.

Designer

Michael Schilkin (1900-1962) was a Finnish sculptor and ceramicist born in Trubino, Russia. He moved to Finland in 1921 and studied at the Central School of Art. Eventually he was hired at the Arabia porcelain factory. He is mainly known for his stoneware and clay figurines depicting wild animals, but also created human figures and wall reliefs in public places with musty glazes in earth tones. The sculptures are powerful with a humorous tone.

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