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Gustaf Fjaestad

(Sweden, 1868-1948)
Estimate
200 000 - 250 000 SEK
18 000 - 22 500 EUR
19 000 - 23 700 USD
Purchasing info
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Eva Seeman
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Gustaf Fjaestad
(Sweden, 1868-1948)

a pair of Art Nouveau carved pine chairs "stabbestolar", Arvika Sweden 1908-09

Hand carved and sculptured, probably by the craftsmen Ola Eriksson, Adolf Swanson and Knut Nyman, brass lining towards the floor, marked GF. Height ca 76,5 - 78 cm, bredd ca 55 cm, seat height 45 cm.
CONDITIONAL SALE: the lots with auction number 232–235 are first called out as separate lots and will then be offered as one lot with auction number 235A.
A winning bid on auction number 235A requires a bid exceeding the total hammered price on auction number 232–235. Unsold lots will be priced at the reserve.

Dry cracks, minor wear.

Provenance

Erland P. Olsén, Arvika, Värmland, thence by descent

Exhibitions

The Baltic Exhibition (Baltiska Utställningen) Malmö 1914.
Panama - Pacific International Exhibition, San Francisco, 1915, reportedly. An earlier exhibition label under the table has gone lost.
Kulturen i Lund, "Nordiskt Ljus vid Sjön Racken samt Nutida Värmländsk Konst", 3 februari -14 april 1991.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, opening show 1993, nr 6 in the catalogue.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, "Gustaf och Maja Fjaestad ett konstnärspar" 1998.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, "100 År Efter Rackstadkolonin", 2/5-25/6 2011

Literature

H. Fr. Ahlström, "Officiell Berättelse öfver Baltiska Utställningen i Malmö 1914, Förlagsaktiebolagets i Malmö Boktryckeri, Malmö 1919, The complete set, as seen at this auction, depicted p 949, together with paintings and textiles by Gustaf Fjaestad.
Ed. Monica Boman, "Svenska Möbler 1890-1990", Bokförlaget Signum, Lund 1991, pp 64-66
Agneta Fjaestad Nordmark, "Fjaestads Konst", Fjäderstad Förlag, Karlstad 1999, pp 73, 75, 77-79