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Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

(Sweden, 1927-2004)
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52.
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 760 - 3 680 EUR
2 820 - 3 760 USD
Hammer price
25 000 SEK
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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Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
(Sweden, 1927-2004)

a wooden and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop, Stockholm ca 1948-52

Carved in an organic shape, details of brass, stamped in the wood TORUN. 7 x 5 cm.

Provenance

The vendor's family were friends with the Bülow Hübe family through their summer vacations at the island Romanö in the early 1950's.
Compare lots nr 628:168, 628:169 sold at Bukowski's auction in November 2020. These originates from the same family.

Literature

Ann Westin, "Torun - Conversation with Vivianna Torun Bülow Hübe, Carlsson Bokförlag, 1993, p 27 see similar pieces shown hanging on the wall in the studio.
Torun had her first studio up at an attic in Stockholm. She was a young student and also a mother and had to work with the materials she could afford at the time. She was very much inspired by African works of art.

Designer

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, often known simply as Torun, was one of Sweden's most important 20th century silversmiths and a master jeweller. She is the first female silversmith to have become internationally noted.

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