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Christian Berg

(Sweden, 1893-1976)
Christian Berg
(Sweden, 1893-1976)

CHRISTIAN BERG, a bronze sculpture signed C.B.

"Vänskulptur". Executed in 23 copies. The motif conceived 1966. Polished and blastered bronze. Height 16.4 cm. Mounted on a wood base. Height including wood base 23 cm.

Wear due to age and use. Stains. Discoloured.

Literature

Torvald Berg, "Christian - Min upplevelse av skulptören Christian Berg", 1991, cat no 139, p 200.

Artist

Christian Berg was a Swedish sculptor. He commenced his career as a naturalistic animal painter and he up until 1926 retained his artistry solely to painting. He encountered post-cubism whilst in Paris, which quickly became his artistic language. The road to sculpting he found one day when, with the help of clay, solved a problem with the lines of a drawn torso. Berg’s first sculpture, Torso 1926, became the starting point to his most intensive and active period of 1926-30. He created a collection of post-cubist sculptures and many torsos in various stages of development. He primarily worked with clearly defined concave and convex forms, allowing light to play on alternating glossy and matte surfaces. With the exception of his numerous stylised portrait sculptures ecclesiastical decorations, Berg remained loyal to abstract sculptures during the entirety of his artistic career.

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11 500
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Estimate
15 000 SEK
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Bid history (3 bids)
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Jun 10, 2019 6:21 PM
11 500 SEK
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Jun 5, 2019 8:15 PM
11 000 SEK
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Jun 4, 2019 9:13 PM
8 000 SEK
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