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Judith Johansson

(Sweden, 1916-1993)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 770 - 2 210 EUR
1 810 - 2 260 USD
Hammer price
19 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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For condition report contact specialist
Christopher Stålhandske
Stockholm
Christopher Stålhandske
Head Specialist Carpets, textiles and Islamic works of art
+46 (0)708 19 12 58
Judith Johansson
(Sweden, 1916-1993)

a carpet, "Spise hall", flat weave, c 284 x 203 cm, signerd JJ

Designed in 1961. "Spise Hall" was woven in a variety of sizes - the pattern was created to easily adept to the customers choice of size - that where not standard. All the variants are shaded in a escalating colour scale. In nature there is no such thing as a uniform colour, its always changing depending on light, shadow and density.

Literature

Compare with Andersson, Torsten: JJ Så vävdes ett livsverk, Göteborg 2006, page 80.

More information

Judith Johansson has described the background to the pattern as follows: The color mood when May day turns to the "blue hour" at the time of the leaves splitting at the vantage point south of Knäred.
Carpet with the pattern has been exhibited in Stockholm at NK in 1972 and 1974, at Hallands Museum in 1985 and Forum Kulturcentrum Peine Tyskland in 1993.