Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
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a leather necklace with brass and carved wooden details, most likely 1948-1949
length ca 39 cm. Unsigned.
Ann Westin, "Torun - Coversation 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.
Provenance
The vendor's father was a student at Konstfack at the same time as Torun Bülow-Hübe
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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