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Åke Holm Swedish Höganäs Brutalist Abstract Ceramic Wall Plaque
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Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in the 20th century. He worked at the Höganäs factory in his early years before opening his own studio in the area. Åke became a master of and glazing and often used biblical themes in his work, but always with a distinct modernist styling. He produced figurines and wall plaques with rustic and mythological expression and his work is getting the recognition it deserves for its unique quality and style. His monumental stoneware sculptures of figures from the Bible as well as his wall plaques are now recognised as some of the finest ceramics produced in Sweden in the second half of the Twentieth Century. His work is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art & Design.
One of three we are offering is this exceptional and interesting Swedish Höganäs abstract brutalist glazed ceramic wall plaque with two stylized figures with an animal or possibly a bird by Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) and probably made in the 1950’s. The heavy stoneware plaque is of tall rectangular shape with the figures standing alongside each other, carved in deep relief with sharp lines and angled cutting. The figures are glazed with brown patchwork on a dark grey ground and set against a lighter mottled brown ground with darker glazes applied around the edge of the plaque. The plaque has a hanging wire attached to the back and is signed Åke Holm to lower right front corner.
Provenance: from a choice collection of Scandinavian pottery amassed by a private gentleman who sadly now has insufficient space to display these fine pieces.
In good condition with light wear associated with age and use.
- Creator:Ake Holm (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Width: 8.27 in (21 cm)Depth: 2.07 in (5.25 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1950
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Bishop's Stortford, GB
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