a "Trädet och Krukan" (The Tree and the Pot) stoneware sculpture, with vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg Studio 1940s.
A surrealist sculpture, tree in chamotte stoneware with leaves glazed in green, the vase by Berndt Friberg with blue hare's fur glaze, inscribed signature with the studio mark Stig L. Height 24 cm.
Underneath a paper label marked Kjellberg and 56.
Berndt Klyvare & Dag Widman, "En bok om Stig Lindberg", Stockholm 1962, compare similar sculpture illustrated.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Stig Lindberg created many of his most sought-after stoneware objects, decorative vases, bowls, and dishes with pressed or carved decoration, and popular ceramic series such as Pungo, Domino, Terma, Karneval, were introduced. A few years later, he became artistic director after Wilhelm Kåge. Stig Lindberg designed popular tableware, several of which are still manufactured today, such as Adam, Eva, Berså, Spisa Ribb (now called Ribb), Prunus, and Aster. During his career, Lindberg worked as an industrial designer, book illustrator, textile and glass designer.
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