Untitled, from the portfolio: "August Strindberg, A Dream Play".
Signed in pencil and numbered 37/40. Colour lithograph. Printed by Atelier Clot, Paris, published by Edourd Weiss, Paris and Öivind Johansen, Oslo. Sheet size 73 x 52.5 cm.
The overall impression is good. Not framed.
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I slutet av 1980-talet blev Lena Cronqvist och Roj Friberg, två svenska konstnärer med starka, egensinniga bildspråk, kontaktade av den parisiske galleristen Edouard Weiss. Han ville att de skulle tolka varsin valfri Strindbergspjäs i en serie litografier som han skulle ge ut.
Lena Cronqvist tog sig an ”Ett drömspel” och gjorde en Indras dotter med både armar och vingar, som vore hon indisk gudinna och ängel i ett.
Strindbergs glasmästare, en av dessa plågade människor som Indras dotter träffar under sin jordevandring, vandrar sida vid sida med sin lilla dotter, en av Cronqvist återkommande flickgestalter. Just den är flickan har ett ovanligt snällt och öppet ansikte.
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Lena Cronqvist was one of Sweden’s most significant and influential artists, with a career spanning more than five decades. Born in Karlstad and educated at the Bristol School of Art in England as well as the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, she developed a style of painting where technical precision met intense emotional depth. Through her raw and emotionally charged imagery, she explored the paradoxes of motherhood, the shadows of childhood, and the relentless flow of time. Inspired by modernism and Edvard Munch, she transformed the personal into universal stories filled with deep psychological presence and power. As a painter, printmaker, and sculptor, she moved effortlessly between artistic forms, with each work marked by strong emotion and meticulous craftsmanship. Her interpretation of Jan van Eyck’s "The Arnolfini Portrait" in "Trolovningen"(1974/75) became a milestone when it sold at Bukowski's auction Vår Contemporary 2016 for over 11 million SEK - the highest amount ever paid for a work by a living Swedish artist at the time. Lena Cronqvist’s art is a bold and powerful voice that continues to move, challenge, and inspire. Her legacy lives on - boundless and timeless - reminding us of art’s ability to reach into the depths of the human experience.
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