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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
100 000 - 125 000 SEK
9 750 - 12 200 EUR
11 300 - 14 200 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
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Christopher Stålhandske
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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A carpet, 'Tånga brun och grön', tapestry weave, c. 286 x 186 cm, signed AB MMF BN.

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1955.

Provenance

Purchased in the 1960s and thereafter inherited by the current owner.

Literature

Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plate page 69; Stensman, Mailis: Ännu Mera Mattor från Märta Måås-Fjetterströms ateljé i Båstad 1919-1999, Uddevalla 1999, colour plate page 11; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 154-155.

More information

'Tånga' was designed for the H55 (the Helsingborg exhibition in 1955).