Oiva Toikka, sculpture, bird, signed Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Finland.
Aubergine colored glass with silver green and blue dots, silver iridescent beak. Signed Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi Notsjö and labelmarked. Height 17 cm, length 18.5 cm.
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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