Bertil Vallien
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a sand casted 'Head' glass sculpture, Kosta Boda, Sweden ca 1996.
Blue glass with metal details. Signed B. Vallien KOSTA BODA UNIQUE 8BVAUN 96919(9?) blurred, height ca 21 cm, width ca 12,5 cm, depth ca 19 cm, total height ca 182 cm including sandstone pillar on an iron plate.
The pillar with chips.
Literature
Gunnar Lindqvist, "Bertil Vallien - Glas äter ljus", Carlssons 1999, compare similar sculptures illustrated from Bertil Vallien's exhibition in Borgholm Castle, 1996, pp 214-215, in Palazzo Ducal, Venice, 1996, pp 252-253 and see also pp 220-223.
Designer
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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