Eva Bengtsson, a large decorative chamotte stoneware dish, own studio, Frillesås, 1990s.

A large decorative chamotte stoneware dish, own studio, Frillesås, 1990s.

Relief decoration of a serpent and an inscription carved on the rim, glaze in brown-black, green, and white, signed EVA BENGTSSON. Diameter 68.5 cm, height 12 cm.

Location

Arsenalsgatan 2, Stockholm - Y67

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist in the late 1990s by the present owner's parent.

More information

The inscription on the plate reads as follows:

"We have already broken through the rampart
And the way back is closed
I sleep in sweet peace
Under your calloused hands
and years
of wonder
experience and maturity
step back
with the intention
to reveal a
Child"

More about Eva Bengtsson

Eva Bengtsson is a Swedish ceramist. She was educated at Konstfack in Stockholm, where she studied for one year, before attending the School of Applied Arts in Gothenburg from 1976 to 1980. Between 1985 and 1988, Eva Bengtsson freelanced for the Rörstrand factory. Around 1990, she started her own workshop in Frillesås. Eva Bengtsson often works in larger formats with narrative texts. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in Sweden and has participated in group exhibitions worldwide. Eva Bengtsson's work is represented at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Dalarna Museum in Falun, Östergötland Museum in Linköping, Höganäs Museum, Halmstad Museum, and more. She has also completed a number of public art commissions.

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Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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