John Selbing
Covered by droit de suite
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a "Klot över kon" (Sphere over cone) glass sculpture, Orrefors, Sweden ca 1954.
Clear glass, height 53.3 cm.
Saleroom notice
(d) subject to droit de suite
Provenance
Received as a 40th birthday present in 1960, thence by descent.
Bought at Bukowskis Modern Art + Design, auction 632, spring 2021, catalog no. 11.
Literature
Kerstin Wickman (ed.), "Orrefors, One Hundred Years of Swedish Glass Art", the model depicted, (photo by John Selbing), page 76, these three sculptures with the greatest height of 45.8 cm.
More information
John Selbing (1908-2001) played an important role for many years as the photographer for Orrefors glassworks. In the early 1950s, he also emerged as a designer of sculptures in thin glass with geometric shapes, of which these "Sphere over Cone" are the most well-known. Originally, they were composed as a group of three sculptures of varying heights. In 1961, the similar "Cylinder over Cone" was introduced.