Gunnar Cyrén, "Stornäbb" (large beak), a unique sterling silver bowl with sapphires and glass, Gävle, Sweden 1977.

"Stornäbb" (large beak), a unique sterling silver bowl with sapphires and glass, Gävle, Sweden 1977.

A sterling silver sculpture in the shape of a bird as a large cup with a beak in glass and eyes of sapphires. Chiseled decor with soldered details. Underneath signed Cyrén. Unique copy. Height 17.5 cm, length 26 cm. Weight approx. 1263 g.

Provenance

Purchased at Galleri Argentum, Stockholm, Sweden, April 1979, exhibition no. 25. Thereafter in the family by descent.

Exhibitions

Gallery Argentum, Stockholm. April 1979, exhibition number 25.
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, "Swedish silver today", an anniversary exhibition (20 years) for the association Nutida Svenskt Silver, 18 May-14 August 1983.
Gävle Museum, exhibition "Gunnar Cyrén", June 10 - September 2, 1990, cat. no. 6.
The Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg 29 September - 4 November 1990.
Gallery Orrefors, Stockholm, 13 December 1990 - 27 January 1991.
Suomen Lasi Museo, Riihimäki, Finland, 15 February - 21 April 1991.

More information

With the sculpture, a folder is included in which the artist has gathered sketches of the artwork, photographs from the work process, exhibition catalogs where the sculpture has been featured, and a description of the piece.

More about Gunnar Cyrén

Gunnar Cyrén (1931-2013) was a Swedish glass artist, silversmith and industrial designer. He worked for Orrefors glassworks between 1959 and 1970, then designed plastics for a few years and then returned to Orrefors in 1977. Highlights of his design career include "Pop glass" or "Cups with colored legs" (1966-1968) and "The Nobel Service" (1991). Over the years, Gunnar Cyrén has participated in several exhibitions in Sweden and abroad and received the King's scholarship in 1962, the Lunning prize in 1966 and the Prince Eugén medal in 1988. He is appointed professor by the government. In his hometown of Gävle, where he also had a gallery and a gold and silver smithy, he has been honored with his own room at the County Museum.

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Finland: Kuvasto

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