Oiva Toikka
GLASS SCULPTURE
Storm warning. Signed Oiva Toikka, Nuutajärvi Notsjö. Free blown, cast, cut and assembled. Mid 1980s. Height 97 cm and width 82 cm.
Crack.
Provenance
Oiva Toikka's retrospective exhibition at the Finnish Glass Museum 1988.
Oiva Toikka-Glass from Finland, Los Angeles California Museum of Science and Industry 1989.
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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