Loading Spinner
Don’t miss out on items like this!

Sign up to get notified when similar items are available.

Lot 87: IVAR JOHNSSON

Est: £12,000 GBP - £15,000 GBP
PhillipsLondon, United KingdomApril 26, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Pair of ‘Venus’ urns
Manufactured by Näfveqvarns Bruk AB, Sweden (2).

Dimensions

Each: 48.9 cm (19 1/4 in) high, 59 cm (23 1/4 in) diameter

Artist or Maker

Medium

Cast iron with decorative relief and cast inscription 'Venus Stiger Ur Hafvet' (Venus rises from the sea).

Date

designed 1919, cast circa 1925

Literature

Sten Ingvar Karling, <em>Na¨fvequarnsgods: efter skulpturer av svenska konstna¨rer</em>, Na¨vekvarn, 1937, p. 49

Notes

Examples of this urn were exhibited at the Swedish Pavillion, L'Exposition des Arts D&#233;coratifs et Industriels, Paris, 1925.

Auction Details

Design

by
Phillips
April 26, 2012, 12:00 AM GMT

25-26 Albermarle Street, London, LDN, W1S 4HX, UK