Sven Palmqvist
Covered by droit de suite
Image rights
The artworks in this database are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the rights holders. The artworks are reproduced in this database with a license from Bildupphovsrätt.
For condition report contact specialist
A "double" ravenna glass bowl, Orrefors 1953, no 530.
Oval with internal decoration of graduated squares in blue against red-orange, the exterior with a grey-blue layer, signed ORREFORS Sweden Ravenna No: 530. 23 x 19 cm, height 11.3 cm.
Provenance
Andres Laszlo Jr. Collection, purchased at Beijer's Modern Spring Auction, Stockholm in 1989, catalogue 35, no. 907.
More information
This Ravenna was showcased on the Swedish morning TV show "Godmorgon Sverige" in 1991.
Designer
Sven Palmqvist was a Swedish glass artist and designer. As a long-term employee at Orrefors glassworks, Palmqvist was the originator of several new art glass techniques. Kraka was launched in 1944 as a development of the graal glass. In 1948 came Ravenna, a combination of a colored glass plate, crushed glass and a layer of clear glass. Palmqvist had his greatest success with the bowl series Fuga.
Read more