Bertil Vallien Limited Edition 500 Icon Blue Kosta Boda

 

Kosta Boda Atelier Limited Edition 500 by Bertil Vallien.  
If you're Vallien collector this is for you, Only a handful left!

Icon Blue - Limited Edition 500 by Bertil Vallien. This piece was designed and presented in 2006. Stone base included.

Height 7.4 in./185 mm
Width 2.2 in./55 mm
Length 6 in./150 mm
Weight 8.4 lbs./3,8 kg



RETAIL $ 650.00

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Bertil Vallien - A Renewer of Swedish Glass
Bertil Vallien has become known over much of the world for his sand moulds. His metre-long ships and mysterious heads of glass are well known to collectors, and Bertil Vallien is represented at the foremost art museums in the USA, Europe and Japan. Art is a kind of research, says Bertil Vallien. In the studio and the blowing room an endless discussion goes on between the many faithful and skilled artisans who have been involved for almost forty years in Bertil’s astonishing expedition in glass. Born in 1938. Designer at Kosta Boda since 1963 with a studio at the Åfors glassworks.

Encapsulation and the search for freedom The circle of motifs of Sweden’s best-known artist Bertil Vallien - one of the truly groundbreaking figures of Swedish glass art!

The artistic theme of Heads originated in a newspaper article about a young woman in 1870s’ Småland who fell unconscious in an accident and remained so throughout much of her adult life, awakening only in her forties. Dreamlike, ominous and mysterious, the heads stand on pillars of Öland stone. Or rest on the floor, inviting us to peer into a hidden world. Glass is an artistic medium that allows us to see deep into the interior, and Bertil Vallien uses the extra dimension to relate to this real-life tale. So strongly did this fascinating story capture Vallien’s imagination that over recent years he has produced an enormous variety of heads in diverse formats.

In 2001 Bertil Vallien became the first Swede to receive the highly prestigious VISIONARIES! Award, which is given out each year by the American Craft Museum to honour and promote the leading artistic visionaries and passionate spokespeople in the artistic sphere.

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