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John Börjeson

(Sweden, 1835-1910)
Estimate
15 000 - 18 000 SEK
1 340 - 1 600 EUR
1 340 - 1 610 USD
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Unsold
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Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
John Börjeson
(Sweden, 1835-1910)

The Music

Signed Börjeson. Foundry marl O. Meyer Fud. Bronze, dark patina. Height 40.5 cm.

More information

The composition is called "Music" and was originally intended as a monumental staty in a composition beside a monument of King Oskar II. It would consist of a groups of Music, Painting, Handicrafts, Poetry, Theater and Science, all arranged around a bust of the king. The sketches in plaster was finished in 1889. The motifs "Poetry" and “Theater” are now placed (as large statue bronzes) outside the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.