Bertil Vallien, a boat sculpture, Kosta Boda, Sweden, numbered and signed.

Boat of blue glass, enclosed decoration of an air bubble and a human figure of red metal. Signed Kosta Boda B. Vallien 8BVAAT 949011/1000. Stand of black stone is included. The length of the boat is 25 cm, the length of the base is 28 cm.

Some scratches on the underside of the boat. Minor stains.

More about Bertil Vallien

Bertil Vallien (b. 1938) is a Swedish glass designer and ceramicist. He pursued his studies at Konstfack in Stockholm as well as on study trips to Denmark and the USA. In the 1960s, Vallien worked at Boda glassworks as an assistant to Erik Höglund, and was later linked to Åfors glassworks. Vallien works primarily in glass and has developed a distinctive style of sandcast glass sculptures, often depicting boats and heads. His sculptures have a kind of inner glow that lingers in the memory. Vallien is represented around the world and has been awarded the prize "Visionaries! Award" in 2001. Bertil was married to the artist Ulrica Hydman-Vallien.

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