Barbro Nilsson
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.
