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Anna Petrus

(Sweden, 1886-1949)
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Anna Petrus, a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
899 - 1 350 EUR
951 - 1 430 USD
Hammer price
13 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Camilla Behrer
Stockholm
Camilla Behrer
Head of Design/ Specialist Modern & Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)708 92 19 77
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Anna Petrus
(Sweden, 1886-1949)

a Swedish Grace cast iron jardinière "Blomkruka Nr 1", Näfveqvarn, Sweden.

Height 21 cm, diameter 24 cm.

Wear.

Literature

Björk, Christian, "Näfveqvarns bruk: konstnärer och arkitekter till industrin", Orosdi-Back, Stockholm, 2013, p 93.

Designer

Anna Petrus was a sculptor, industrial designer, and artist active in the early 20th century. She was born as Anna Petersson, the daughter of a professor of medicine and a countess, and adopted her surname while studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. She inherited a modest fortune at the age of 11 when her mother passed away, which allowed her to pursue her education in London and travel to Italy and France.

Anna Petrus's major international breakthrough came with the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925, where she showcased items in pewter and cast iron, in the Swedish Grace style. Pewter was considered an outdated material at the time, but its popularity grew as designers like Petrus recognised its advantages. In 1924, she began a collaboration with the then newly established Firma Svenskt Tenn. The lion became a recurring motif in Anna Petrus's work, both as sculptures and as stylised decorations.

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