Bertil Vallien
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a unique cast glass sculpture, Kosta Boda, Sweden.
Sand cast glass decorated with a head to interior, partly matte surface, signed B. Vallien and mounted to an iron stand with plate 30 x 30 cm, total height 55.5 cm, 18.5 x 10 cm.
A little polished in the two upper corners, possibly from manufacture.
Literature
Gunnar Lindqvist (ed), "Glass eats light", Carlssons, Borås 1999, compare another sculpture 'Area II finding man', exhibited in Borgholm's castle 1991.
Designer
Bertil Vallien (b. 1938) is a Swedish glass designer and ceramicist. He pursued his studies at Konstfack in Stockholm as well as on study trips to Denmark and the USA. In the 1960s, Vallien worked at Boda glassworks as an assistant to Erik Höglund, and was later linked to Åfors glassworks. Vallien works primarily in glass and has developed a distinctive style of sandcast glass sculptures, often depicting boats and heads. His sculptures have a kind of inner glow that lingers in the memory. Vallien is represented around the world and has been awarded the prize "Visionaries! Award" in 2001. Bertil was married to the artist Ulrica Hydman-Vallien.
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