Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
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a wood and brass brooch, executed in her own workshop in Stockholm ca 1952.
The brass stamped TORUN Stockholm mark B9 (1952), measurements ca 4 x 3 cm.
Tiny nail is missing to the reverse.
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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