Jan Stene, curator of Gävle Art Centre and former gallery owner, was one of those who knew Christian Zätterström;
"In an art scene with a lot of glamour and surface, Z, as we called him, was a person with a genuine interest in culture, a humanist. Art was real, not a speculation."
Zätterström's collection spans several different genres, expressions and materials; everything from Tova Mozart's photography to Torsten Andersson's paintings and Remy Zaugg's enamel works. Much of the art hung in the home in Malmö and thus became part of the family's everyday life. Several works were, to the delight of his colleagues, placed in the law office where he was a partner.
Bukowskis has now been entrusted to sell a number of works from the Christian Zätterström Collection, but a large part of the collection is managed by his sons.
This online theme auction is complemented by some forty works included in the live auction Contemporary Art & Design in October.