a sand cast sculpture of a boat, Kosta Boda Sweden 2006, on original steel stand.
Blue tinted glass with internal polychrome element. Signed B. Vallien 7186240 KOSTA BODA UNIQUE. Length 180,5 cm, resting on steel stand, 200 x 11 cm, height 74 cm.
Några piggar undertill naggade, möjligen från tillverkningen. Some of the pegs underneath chipped.
Gunnar Lindqvist, 'Bertil Vallien, Glass eats light' Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 1990-1999. Compare 'Blue Voyage" pp 168-169.
Bertil Vallien (b. 1938) is a Swedish glass designer and ceramicist. He pursued his studies at Konstfack in Stockholm as well as on study trips to Denmark and the USA. In the 1960s, Vallien worked at Boda glassworks as an assistant to Erik Höglund, and was later linked to Åfors glassworks. Vallien works primarily in glass and has developed a distinctive style of sandcast glass sculptures, often depicting boats and heads. His sculptures have a kind of inner glow that lingers in the memory. Vallien is represented around the world and has been awarded the prize "Visionaries! Award" in 2001. Bertil was married to the artist Ulrica Hydman-Vallien.
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