Bertil Vallien, a glass boat sculpture, Kosta Boda Atelier, Sweden.
Vertical boat in blue glass with enclosed polychrome decoration of a human figure in metal plate and a head with a top hat. Signed 8BVAAT 009024/500 Kosta Boda Atelier. Blackened wooden base included. Height 32 cm.
The general impression is good.
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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