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Erik Tidstrand

(Sweden, 1876-1944)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
950 - 1 140 EUR
998 - 1 200 USD
Hammer price
44 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
Erik Tidstrand
(Sweden, 1876-1944)

a Swedish Grace ceiling lamp model "25162", Nordiska Kompaniet 1920s.

Frame in brass, sides with inset glass. Height 85 cm.

Minor wear, patina, newly rewired.

Literature

Model depicted in the archives of Nordiska Kompaniet in 1921.

Designer

Erik Tidstrand was the head of the lighting department at Nordiska Kompaniet from 1901 until 1941 and retired in 1943. He began his career at Leja and KM Lundberg, which later merged to form Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) in 1902. Tidstrand is considered one of the most significant lighting architects in Swedish lighting history during the first half of the 20th century. Examples of his successful collaborations include Ivar Tengbom's fixtures for the Concert Hall and the Tändstickspalatset, and Carl Bergsten's interior design for the passenger ship M/S Kungsholm. Another notable collaboration was the lighting he developed in partnership with NK's chief architect, Axel Einar Hjorth, for the interior design of Tössebageriet and Centrum-huset in Stockholm. Tidstrand's fixtures were showcased at numerous prestigious national and international exhibitions during the first half of the 20th century, a period when Swedish Grace was the prevailing design ideal. These exhibitions included the 1925 World Exhibition in Paris, the 1929 World Exhibition in Barcelona, the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition, the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris, and many more.

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