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Ingeborg Lundin Glass Apple Vase, Orrefors Glassworks, 1957

Creator: Ingeborg Lundin
Offered by: Highland Park Modern

Description
Mid century glass artist Ingeborg Lundin's glass apple vase was made for Orrefors Glassworks. It's a hand blown clear glass vase designed for Milan Triennial Exhibition in 1957. Orrefors believes this piece is one of the best illustrations of the graceful and daring glass of the 1950's. Incised signature to underside: [Orrefors Expo DU 32-57 Ingeborg Lundin].

Image 6: Ingeborg Lundin (Swedish, 1921 - 1992)

About the artist:
Ingeborg Lundin was a Swedish glass artist born March 30, 1921 in Va¨xjo¨ and died in 1992. Lundin studied at the National College of Art in Stockholm where she also served as a drawing teacher. In 1947, Ingeborg Lundin became the first woman designer at Orrefors. She worked with both everyday glass and art glass.

She was awarded The Lunning Prize in 1954 and a gold medal at the Milan Triennial Exhibition in 1957, which earned her an international reputation. Throughout the 1950s Lundin exhibited repeatedly along with other glass artists from Orrefors at Nordiska Kompaniet, Sma°land Museum in Va¨xjo¨, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Ro¨hsska Museum in Go¨teborg, O¨rebro Art Hall, Helsingborg Exhibition and the Orrefors Glassworks Museum. She also participated as an invited guest at the Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen in 1953. Lundin's glass pieces were represented in the major traveling exhibition "Design in Scandinavia" in the United States from 1954-1955. In 1971, she left Orrefors, but reappeared in the early 1990s with a unique series of glass made with Ma°lera°s Glassworks.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Sweden
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Blown Glass
Condition:	Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
Creation Date:	1957
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Incollect Reference #:	681434

Dimensions

H.	13.75 in;	Diam.	13 in;
H.	34.93 cm;	Diam.	33.02 cm;

Message from Seller:

Eve Kelly Herman first founded what is known today as Highland Park Modern in 2005, in a high ceilinged boutique in Tribeca. She was quickly recognized as a resource for authentic and important art and objects, and has been featured in publications such as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, ELLE Brazil, Harper’s Bazaar and Hamptons Magazine. Today, Eve continues to source inspiring and timeless objects through the lens of quality and artisanship, and only buys what she loves.