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Christian Berg

(Sweden, 1893-1976)
Christian Berg
(Sweden, 1893-1976)

CHRISTIAN BERG, Polished bronze.Signed C.B. Copy no 1. (Edition of 5). The motif conceived 1972.

"Komposition av ben" Foundry mark E. Pettersson fud. Height 15.9 cm. Mounted on a stone base. Height including stone base 21.5 cm.

Wear. The base with chips and scratches.

Provenance

Bukowski Auktioner, The Modern Spring Auction, Auction 511, 27-29 April 1999, catalogue no 337; Rolf Schmitz Collection.

Literature

Torvald Berg, "Christian - Min upplevelse av skulptören Christian Berg", 1991, kat nr 157, sid 202.

Artist

Christian Berg was a Swedish sculptor. He commenced his career as a naturalistic animal painter and he up until 1926 retained his artistry solely to painting. He encountered post-cubism whilst in Paris, which quickly became his artistic language. The road to sculpting he found one day when, with the help of clay, solved a problem with the lines of a drawn torso. Berg’s first sculpture, Torso 1926, became the starting point to his most intensive and active period of 1926-30. He created a collection of post-cubist sculptures and many torsos in various stages of development. He primarily worked with clearly defined concave and convex forms, allowing light to play on alternating glossy and matte surfaces. With the exception of his numerous stylised portrait sculptures ecclesiastical decorations, Berg remained loyal to abstract sculptures during the entirety of his artistic career.

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