Oiva Toikka, A glass bird, signed Oiva Toikka IITTALA SCOPE 2019 291/500.
'Kiikkuri', ultramarine blue. Height 30 cm. Length 36 cm.
Comes with fabric, ca. 150 x 99 cm, marked "Scope 2015 for Oiva Toikka Special Birds & Art Works designed by Fujiwo Ishimoto".
The general impression is good.
Oiva Toikka (1931-2019) is one of the greatest Finnish ceramic and glass artists of the 20th century. Toikka, who began his artistic career as a ceramicist, was from 1963 the artistic director of Notsjö Glasbruk. However, Toikka is today mainly associated with Iittala, not least for the well-known production of "glass birds". The successes have also been great in other artistic areas, for example Toikka has been hired as a costume designer for several theater and opera productions, of which productions at the Finnish National Opera should be mentioned.
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