Edvin Öhrström
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an 'ariel' vase, Orrefors, Sweden 1939.
Spherical, decorated in burgundy and orange, signed Orrefors 1939 Sweden Ariel No 95 Edvin Öhrström. Height 19 cm.
Minor scratch to body.
Exhibitions
Worlds's Fair, New York 1939. The vase was given to Öhrström himself post the exhibition in New York.
Orrefors Museum, "Edvin Öhrström - skulptural formgivare vid Orrefors 1936-1957", 13/6- 27/9 1987, nr 19.
Literature
Svenska Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift Form, 1940, nr 1, ill, p 4. Gustaf Näsström, 'Graal och Ariel, Färgmystik och luftandar i Orrefors senaste produktion' .
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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