Oiva Toikka, a glass sculpture signed Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi Notsjö.
Black and amber coloured glass. Oiva Toikka's handwritten signature. Height 70 cm.
Manufacturing defects. The general impression is good.
This sculpture has been exhibited at Gallery Orrefors in Stockholm in 1991. It was part of the 'Sick Forest' composition.
The sculpture is illustrated in the magazine 'Maison Heminredning' Nr. 1/92 Page 64.
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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