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  Erik Tidäng Sculptural Artichoke Vase, 1999

  ERIK TIDÄNG (b. 1973) Stockholm, Sweden

  Sculptural “Artichoke” vase  1999

  Oxidized and waxed iron, silver

  Marks: ERIK, 2/2

  H: 11 ½”

  Price: $17,500

  ***The only other Artichoke vase (Number 1 out of 2) is in the permanent collection of the Swedish National Museum, Stockholm.

  Erik Tidäng was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1973.  He received his Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts from the Institution for Metaldesign, Konstfack.

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