Torsten Renqvist
Torsten Renqvist, ”Robinson”
Signed underneath on the wooden base T. Renqvist and dated -68. Patinated bronze, mounted on a wooden base. Length 45 cm, width 9.5 cm.
Wear. Worn patina in places and minor stains.
Provenance
Gift from the artist.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibitions
Moderna Museet, "Torsten Renqvist", 9 March - 28 April 1974, compare cat. no. 136, same motif listed under the year 1968, p. 75 ("Robinson, skiss, gjutjärn").
Liljevalchs Konsthall, "Torsten Renqvist", 4 November 1994 - 8 January 1995, compare cat. no. 174 ill. at p. 95. (Similar but larger motif from 1968, belongs to Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Polen).
Literature
Moderna Museet, exhibitioncatalogue "Torsten Renqvist", 1974, compare cat. no. 136, same motif listed under the year 1968, p. 75 ("Robinson, skiss, gjutjärn").
Ed. Lars Nygren, "Brottstycken ur Torsten Renqvists dagböcker", 1988, compare similar motif cat. no. 17.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, exhibition catalogue no. 428, 1994, "Torsten Renqvist", compare similar motif, cat no 174 ill. at p. 95.
Mailis Stensman, "Torsten Renqvist", 2002, compare similar motif at pp. 42-43 and identical motif at p. 308-309 (from his studio).
More information
Torsten Renqvist om sin skulptur Robinson 1968:
"Daniel Defoes Robinson var ingen utbrytare. Defoe tog honom hem igen till det samhälle vars projektion han hela tiden varit.
Men idén om Robinson gick senare andra vägar, tror jag. Robinson kom att representera en individualismens yttersta punkt; föreställningen att det är möjligt för en människa att göra alltsammans själv, att vara alltsammans själv.
Det gick visst inte. Den idén led skeppsbrott mot numera kartlagda skär. Men Robinson sjönk inte. Jag tänker mig att han driver på en planka eller i en dålig båt. En farkost som rymmer en minimal men vidunderlig trygghet. Och jag tror att han flyter iland på bebodda kuster."
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