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Åke Holm Swedish Höganäs Men with Donkey Ceramic Wall Plaque
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Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in the 20th century. He worked at the Höganäs factory in his early years before opening his own studio in the area. Åke became a master of and glazing and often used biblical themes in his work, but always with a distinct modernist styling. He produced figurines and wall plaques with rustic and mythological expression and his work is getting the recognition it deserves for its unique quality and style. His monumental stoneware sculptures of figures from the Bible as well as his wall plaques are now recognised as some of the finest ceramics produced in Sweden in the second half of the Twentieth Century. His work is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Art & Design.
One of three we are offering is this large and stunning Swedish Höganäs glazed ceramic wall plaque depicting two men with a donkey by Åke Holm (Swedish, 1900-80) and probably made in the 1950’s. The heavy stoneware plaque is of rectangular landscape shape and depicts a man leading a donkey with a further man like figure sitting on the back of the donkey. However, we believe that this is a artistic biblical interpretation with Joseph leading Mary to Bethlehem. The figures are hand carved in high relief with the lower raised edge forming the ground. The scene is decorated in black and light grey glazes set against a blue glazed ground with a black edge to the plaque. The plaque has a hanging wire attached to the back and is signed Åke Holm to lower left front corner.
Provenance: from a choice collection of Scandinavian pottery amassed by a private gentleman who sadly now has insufficient space to display these fine pieces.
In good condition with light wear associated with age and use. There are some unglazed elements to the surface however these are natural firing faults.
- Creator:Ake Holm (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 12.21 in (31 cm)Width: 13.39 in (34 cm)Depth: 1.38 in (3.5 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1950
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor structural damages.
- Seller Location:Bishop's Stortford, GB
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