Vicke Lindstrand
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a cut, engraved and "iced" acid etched glass vase, Orrefors 1937, model LA 1845.
Oval shape decorated with a cut and engraved figure of a native American chief against an "iced" etched ground. Signed Orrefors LA 1845. Height 32,5 cm.
Small chips to rim, a tiny chip to base.
Provenance
Reportedly the actress and singer Lill Platou Thoresen (1910-2006), as a wedding gift in 1937, thence by descent.
Literature
H. Ricke, L. Thor, "Schwedische Glasmanufakturen, Produktionskataloge 1915-60", Munich 1987, see the model illustrated.
Designer
Vicke (Viktor) Lindstrand, glass artist, illustrator, textile artist and ceramic designer. He worked at Orrefors in 1928-41, where he designed glass in classic forms with engraved decor, often stylized figurative motifs. At the Stockholm exhibition in 1930, Orrefors exhibited his painted glass pieces. During the 1930s, the engraved and optic-blown glass with the "Pearl fisher" and "Shark hunter" came with its muscular bare figures. In front of the World Exhibition in Paris 1937, one starts working with the thick-walled glass, and he renewed the "graal" glass and together with Edvin Öhrström he introduced the "ariel" glass. Vicke Lindstrand was artistic director at Upsala-Ekeby 1942-50. After that he came to Kosta as an artistic director 1950-73, where he renewed the glass design and experimented with glass sculptures.
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