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Orange Ceramic Lion with Bird Plaque Art by Bertil Vallien
$1,300List Price
About the Item
- Creator:Bertil Vallien (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 15.25 in (38.74 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Ceramic,Glazed
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Palm Springs, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU938033533772
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1963 - ongoing Independent artist/designer
1961-63 Studies in USA and Mexico
1961 University of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
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The Prescott Collection at Pacific First Centre, Seattle, USA
Detroit Art Institute, Detroit Il, USA
Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, NC, USA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Musée des Art and Design, The Louvre, Paris, France
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL, USA
Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, USA
National Museum, Edinburgh, UK
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA
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Honorary doctorate, Växjö University, Sweden (2002)
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Urban Glass Award for >>Outstanding Achievement in Glass<< NY, USA (1998)
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2020 Drawings, Ceramics, Glass, Staffan Bengtsson, Kosta förlag, Sweden
2012 Bertil Vallien, Nine Rooms, Publisher Marsilio, Italy
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2007 Transperent Bounaries, Ulla-Britt Edberg, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm
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