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Liss Eriksson

(Sweden, 1919-2000)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 370 - 7 160 EUR
5 500 - 7 330 USD
Hammer price
160 000 SEK
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Liss Eriksson
(Sweden, 1919-2000)

Adam och Eve

Signed with monogram and numbered I/V. Foundry mark E. Godard Fond. Executed 1960. Patinated bronze. Height 70 cm, total height including base 82 cm.

Provenance

Färg och Form, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above in 1995.

Literature

Thomas Millroth "Liss, bildhuggare", 1994, compare page 101, 102 and 107.
Thomas Millroth, "Konst på Astra", 1997, illustrated full page, p 117.

More information

Det omfamnade paret i "Adam och Eva" förekommer även som en del av "Familjen" som intar en viktig plats i Liss Erikssons skulpturgrupp "Huset" vid Kobjer torg i Lund. Paret återkommer även senare i hans produktion i en skiss från 1991 för minneslunden Lilla Aska i Linköping.

Designer

Liss Eriksson was born in Stockholm and was the youngest child of the sculptor Christian Eriksson and Ebba Dahlgren. He grew up in his father's studio on Maria Prästgårdsgatan in Södermalm, Stockholm. He initially studied to become an architect at Norrköpings Technical High School in 1938, but quickly aborted his schooling to study at the Royal Institute of Art under the tutorship of Nils Sjögren and Eric Grate.

In the year 1947, Eriksson participated alongside Arne Jones in the Exhibition Young Art at Färg och Form, which sparked interest with the artist group 1947 års män. After this Eriksson travelled to Paris with his wife and artist Britta Reich-Eriksson (born 1918) and studied under Jean Osouf and Henri Laurens, staying in the city until 1951, when he later moved back to Stockholm and took over his father's studio.

Liss Eriksson was early on influenced by the French school, Aristide Maillol and Henri Laurens, but even by the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti.

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