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TORE STRINDBERG (1882-1968)
Lot 116

TORE STRINDBERG (1882-1968)

TWO PATINATED BRONZE SCULPTURES OF ASIA AND OCEANA, DESIGNED 1927

Closed16 June 2011

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TORE STRINDBERG (1882-1968)
Two Patinated Bronze Sculptures of Asia and Oceana, designed 1927
Asia: 53 in. (134.6 cm.) high, 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.); Oceana: 50 in. (127 cm.) high, 27½ in. (69.7 cm.) wide, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
each inscribed TORE STRINDBERG and OTTO MEYERs EFTR Fud (2)

Private Collection, Sweden.
Christie's, New York, 30 March 1985, lots 90 and 91.

Specialist note

Strindberg conceived five allegorical figures representing the continents for the Järntorgsbrunnen fountain in the city of Göteborg, Sweden, in 1927. After the fountain was cast, a second, slightly larger set of these bronzes was made. The present examples are from the extant set. The remaining three figures are in European private collections.