Gustaf Fjaestad
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a pair of Art Nouveau carved pine chairs "stabbestolar", Arvika Sweden 1908-09.
Hand carved and sculptured probably by the craftsmen Ola Eriksson, Adolf Swanson and Knut Nyman, marked GF, brass lining towards the floor. Height ca 78-79 cm, bredd ca 52-55 cm, seat height ca 45 cm.
CONDITIONAL SALE: the lots with auction number 232–235 are first called out as separate lots and will then be offered as one lot with auction number 235A.
A winning bid on auction number 235A requires a bid exceeding the total hammered price on auction number 232–235. Unsold lots will be priced at the reserve.
Dry cracks and wear.
Provenance
Erland P. Olsén, Arvika, Värmland, thence by descent
Exhibitions
The Baltic Exhibition (Baltiska Utställningen) Malmö 1914.
Panama - Pacific International Exhibition, San Francisco, 1915, reportedly. An earlier exhibition label under the table has gone lost.
Kulturen i Lund, "Nordiskt Ljus vid Sjön Racken samt Nutida Värmländsk Konst", 3 februari -14 april 1991.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, opening show 1993, nr 6 in the catalogue.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, "Gustaf och Maja Fjaestad ett konstnärspar" 1998.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, "100 År Efter Rackstadkolonin", 2/5-25/6 2011
Literature
H. Fr. Ahlström, "Officiell Berättelse öfver Baltiska Utställningen i Malmö 1914, Förlagsaktiebolagets i Malmö Boktryckeri, Malmö 1919, The complete set, as seen at this auction, depicted p 949, together with paintings and textiles by Gustaf Fjaestad.
Ed. Red. Monica Boman, "Svenska Möbler 1890-1990", Bokförlaget Signum, Lund 1991, pp 64-66
Agneta Fjaestad Nordmark, "Fjaestads Konst", Fjäderstad Förlag, Karlstad 1999, pp 73, 75, 77-79
Designer
Gustav Fjaestad was a pupil of Bruno Liljefors and Carl Larsson. He became renound for his depictions of Swedish winter landscapes, often with glistening icecrystals and bubbling water by ice's edge, sometimes lit up by the setting sun, sometimes in scales of grey, white and purple. He also designed templates for woven wallpapers, furniture, and wrought iron. He is represented in major Swedish museums as well as in Vienna and Chicago.
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