Oiva Toikka
Three glass birds signed O. Toikka, Nuutajärvi.
Crow, length 23 cm.
Bird in clear and white glass, length 15 cm.
Bird in various green shades and iridescent glass, length 15 cm.
Label marks at the bottom.
Designer
Oiva Toikka (1931-2019) is one of the greatest Finnish ceramic and glass artists of the 20th century. Toikka, who began his artistic career as a ceramicist, was from 1963 the artistic director of Notsjö Glasbruk. However, Toikka is today mainly associated with Iittala, not least for the well-known production of "glass birds". The successes have also been great in other artistic areas, for example Toikka has been hired as a costume designer for several theater and opera productions, of which productions at the Finnish National Opera should be mentioned.
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