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223(1548135)
Ivar Johnsson(Sweden, 1885-1970)
a "Venus" cast iron urn, Näfveqvarns bruk, Swedish Grace.
Hammer price
80 000SEK
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK

A "Venus" cast iron urn, Näfveqvarns bruk, Swedish Grace.

Cast iron, relief decoration of a Venus figure and stylised plants with the text VENUS STIGER UR HAFVET (Venus rises from the sea). Height 49 cm, diameter 56 cm including handles.

Renovated surface. Wear.

Provenance

Bukowski Auktioner, Modern Art + Design 640, 2022, cat. no. 355.

Exhibitions

The model was first displayed at Hemutställningen (Home Exhibition) in 1917 at Liljevalchs in Stockholm and subsequently at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925, where the urns were placed outside the Swedish Pavilion.

More information

Designed in 1917.

For condition report contact specialist
Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
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