Axel Johann Salto - Important Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Antik, New York

  • Exhibited

    'Forces of Nature: Axel Salto: Ceramics & Drawings', Antik, New York, 28 October–18 November, 1999

  • Literature

    Axel Salto, Salto's Træsnit, Copenhagen, 1940, p. 8 for a woodblock print of 'Des Galsindede Tyrk'
    Axel Salto, Den Spirende Stil, Copenhagen, 1949, illustrated p. 89
    Pierre Lübecker, Salto, Copenhagen, 1952, n.p.
    Forces of Nature: Axel Salto: Ceramics & Drawings, exh. cat., Antik, New York, 1999, illustrated on front cover

  • Catalogue Essay

    Phillips de Pury & Company wish to thank Kim Hostler of Hostler Burrows for her assistance with the cataloguing of this important collection.

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Important and unique vase in the 'budding' style

1944
Stoneware with Solfatara glaze.
41 cm (16 1/8 in) high
Produced by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. Crown and 'ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK' stamp in green under the glaze with painted blue wave mark, incised in the body 'SALTO' and 'DEC 1944'.

Estimate
£80,000 - 100,000 ‡♠

Sold for £373,250

Important Nordic Design

27 September 2012
London