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Ingegerd Torhamn Art Deco / Modernist rug c. 1930 (Exhibited: Stockholm Exhibition 1930)
INGEGERD TORHAMN (1898-1994) Sweden
Modernist rug c. 1930
Hand-knotted wool
Signed: it (Ingegerd Torhamn) lower left
Exhibited: Stockholm Exhibition 1930, Stockholmsutställningen 1930, Villa 42; V.I.P. in Swedish Design, Kalmar Konstmuseum 1996.
Illustrated: Katalog Över Bostadsavdelningen: Stockholms Utställningen 1930 (illustrated in situ) Stockholm Exhibition1930 (Stockholm: Tryckt Hos Bröderna Lagerström, Boktryckare, 1930) p. 149
Drawing illustrated: V.I.P. in Swedish Design: Axel Larsso, Ingegerd Torhamn, Inga Linden & Paula Sokolow, Arkiv for Svensk Formgivning, Kalmar Konstmuseum
For more information see: Svenska Textilier 1930, Stockholm 1930, Nils G. Wollin, plate nr. 50
Dimensions: 7’2” square
One of the ten rugs of her designs (including this rug as part of the music room) exhibited at the important Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 is now in the permanent collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Ingegerd Torhamn Art Deco / Modernist rug c. 1930 (Exhibited: Stockholm Exhibition 1930)
EDMUND F. WARD (b. 1892 – 1991) USA
“The Swimming Hole” c. 1930
Oil on canvas
Marks: signed Edm. F. Ward (lower right); partial labels verso:Westchester Arts and Crafts Guild; 4 Edmund F. Ward
For more information on the artist see: Who Was Who in American Art,Peter Hastings Falk, ed. (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985), p. 658.
Canvas H: 18” x W: 24”
Framed H: 27 9/16” x W: 33 9/16”
Price: $14,000
Ward studied at the Arts Student’s League with Edward Dufner, George Bridgeman, and Thomas Fogarty. He was an illustrator for several national magazines and books. In 1925, Ward exhibited an award winning work at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is perhaps best known for his WPA mural in the Federal Building, White Plains, New York.
WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) Geislingen, Germany
Dinanderie vase c. 1930
Silver-plated copper with with red patinated squares and rectangles on a black-patinated textured background
Marks: WMF castle mark, IKORA
Illustrated: WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006), p. 142, 90/585.
For more information see: WMF Glas Keramik Metall 1925-1950, Jörg Schwandt, (Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museum Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1981). Metallkunst, Band IV (Berlin: Bröhan-Museum, 1981) pp. 546-579.
H: 3″ x Dia: 4″
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