Stig Lindberg
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a unique stoneware bowl, Gustavberg Studio, Sweden, 1962.
Bulbous, round, internally glazed, the exterior unglazed with modelled elements featuring combed decoration, signed Stig L with the studio mark and marked with "the eye" for specially selected items. The bowl's diameter is 31 cm, length including elements/handles 35.5 cm, total height 17.5 cm.
Literature
Berndt Klyvare & Dag Widman, "En bok om Stig Lindberg", Stockholm 1962, compare illustrations of the artist in the studio with sculptures expressing the same qualities in the studio and at the kiln.
Designer
During the 1950s and 1960s, Stig Lindberg created many of his most sought-after stoneware objects, decorative vases, bowls, and dishes with pressed or carved decoration, and popular ceramic series such as Pungo, Domino, Terma, Karneval, were introduced. A few years later, he became artistic director after Wilhelm Kåge. Stig Lindberg designed popular tableware, several of which are still manufactured today, such as Adam, Eva, Berså, Spisa Ribb (now called Ribb), Prunus, and Aster. During his career, Lindberg worked as an industrial designer, book illustrator, textile and glass designer.
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