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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 580 - 5 360 EUR
3 630 - 5 450 USD
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

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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A TAPESTRY, "Solen", a tapestry variant, ca 242 x 110 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). A sewn on label at the back: Vävd på Barbro Nilssons verkstad, Norra Smedjegatan 21, Stockholm, av Edith Johansson, Marie-Lise Brack och Christina Lindmark. Designed in 1966. In all the seven designs ordered by Sydsvenska Kraft AB there is the mythological animal "Bäckahästen" as a symbol for the natural forces. Several patterns have metal threads. (Unique).

Slightly faded and dirty, insignificantly worn, minor stains and damages.

Provenance

Sydsvenska Kraft AB:s, Sydkrafts, now E.ONs office in Malmö.

Literature

Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, plate No. 60 (one of the seven tapestries designed for Sydsvenska Kraft AB in Malmö); Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, text and colour plates pages 38-41, 84-85; Hansson, Ewa och Pettersson, Gert-Ove: Konsten i Sydkraftkoncernen, Malmö, colour plates 30-30g.