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Edvin Öhrström

(Sweden, 1906-1994)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 230 - 2 680 EUR
2 270 - 2 720 USD
Hammer price
18 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Finland: Kuvasto

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Edvin Öhrström
(Sweden, 1906-1994)

"Negerboxaren"

Signed Öhrström. Wooden relief in birch, height 88.5 cm, width 70 cm, depth 9 cm.

Saleroom notice

Omfattas av följerätt (d). Droit de suite.

Provenance

Sten Lindeberg's collection, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, "Edvin Öhrström", 1979, cat no 15.

Literature

Folke Holmér, "Edvin Öhrström", 1979, reproduced on p 11.

More information

Efter studier för Carl Milles vid Konsthögskolan, tillbringade Edvin Öhrström en tid i Paris. Där tecknade han för Léger vid Académie Moderne och var aktiv i den svenska konstnärskolonin. Han blev nära vän med konstnärskollegan Albin Amelin och de båda sökte också en gemensam motivsfär bortanför de upplysta boulevarderna. Arbetare i industrikvarteren nedtecknades av kontsnärerna och Öhrströms skulpturala språk blev starkt uttrycksfullt och plastiskt. "Negerboxaren" visar på ett intresse också för ett psykologiskt uttryck. Under 1930-talet fördjupas Öhrströms personskildringar och de tar sig uttryck i skulpturer av både män, kvinnor och barn.

Designer

Edvin Öhrström (1906-1994) was a Swedish visual artist, sculptor and glass artist born in Burlöv. He studied at the Art Academy and Tekniska Skolan in Stockholm and under Fernand Legér in Paris, etc. From 1936-1957 he was active at Orrefors glassworks. Together with Vicke Lindstrand, Öhrström helped develop the ariel glass, an innovative technology that was presented at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 and for which Orrefors has become internationally known. Öhrström also designed cast glass for Lindshammar's glassworks and has created the work "Kristallvertikalaccent", a glass pillar at Sergels Torg in Stockholm, inaugurated in 1974. Today, the early ariel glass pieces from Orrefors are among the most sought after glass produced in Sweden.

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