Michael Schilkin
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a stoneware sculpture of an owl, Arabia, Finland ca 1960.
Glazed in brown and beige, signed Schilkin. Height 31,5 cm.
Retouched chip and retouched firing cracks.
Provenance
Reportedly bought directly from the artist.
Literature
Tuija Tervo, "Michael Schilkin 1900-1962", Förlagsaktiebolag W. Hagelstam, compare similar sculptures illustrated from the Arabia exhibition hall at Esplanaden, 1960, p 25, also compare similar sculptures at the Arabia museum, illustrated p 61.
Designer
Michael Schilkin (1900-1962) was a Finnish sculptor and ceramicist born in Trubino, Russia. He moved to Finland in 1921 and studied at the Central School of Art. Eventually he was hired at the Arabia porcelain factory. He is mainly known for his stoneware and clay figurines depicting wild animals, but also created human figures and wall reliefs in public places with musty glazes in earth tones. The sculptures are powerful with a humorous tone.
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