Stig Lindberg, a stoneware sculpture of a deer, Gustavsberg studio, Sweden 1940's.
In the shape of a deer surrounded by branches, glaze in light blue and grayish-white tones, signed with the studio mark. Height 30.5 cm including wooden base.
Repairs and retouches, chips/damage around the feet, later wooden base.
Gisela Eronn, "Tusenkonstnären Stig Lindberg", Prisma 2003, compare p. 54.
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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