Bertil Vallien, a stoneware sculpture of a boat, executed in his own studio in Åfors, 1960s.
Boat with an oar and inside two reclining heads, unsigned. Length 20 cm, width 22 cm, height approx. 10 cm.
The overall impression is good.
Swedish private collection, thence by descent within the family. The collector was a friend of Bertil Vallien, who has certified that the sculpture was made in his studio in Åfors in the 1960s.
Gunnar Lindqvist (ed.), "Glass Eats Light", Carlssons, Borås 1999, cf. sculptures illustrated from Bertil Vallien's exhibition at Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm 1979, pp. 124-141.