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Property from an Important New York Collection
AXEL SALTO (1889-1961)
'The Core of Power', Model No. 21.375, executed 1956
Details
AXEL SALTO (1889-1961)
'The Core of Power', Model No. 21.375, executed 1956
manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
stoneware with Sung glazes
21 in. (53.3 cm) high, 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm) diameter
incised SALTO and 21375, with manufacturer's mark ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK, painted blue waves and fragment of original paper label, impressed 145 and inscribed 91.2.309
'The Core of Power', Model No. 21.375, executed 1956
manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
stoneware with Sung glazes
21 in. (53.3 cm) high, 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm) diameter
incised SALTO and 21375, with manufacturer's mark ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK, painted blue waves and fragment of original paper label, impressed 145 and inscribed 91.2.309
Provenance
Parker B. Poe, Thomasville, GA
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 7 September 2008, lot 921
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 7 March 2012, lot 52
Supplied by Peter Marino Architect, circa 2012
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 7 September 2008, lot 921
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 7 March 2012, lot 52
Supplied by Peter Marino Architect, circa 2012
Literature
A. Salto, Salto : Céramiques, tissus imprimés, art graphique, exh. cat., Maison du Danemark, Paris, 1956, front cover (for a drawing)
The Arts of Denmark: Viking to Modern, exh. cat., Danish Society of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Design, USA, 1960, p. 131, cat. no. 234
Forces of Nature: Axel Salto. Ceramics & Drawings, exh. cat., Antik, New York, 1999, p. 7
S. Bruhn and P. Wirnfeldt, Axel Salto: Master of Stoneware, exh. cat., CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Denmark, 2017, pp. 86, 87, 102 (for period photographs), 148, 180, no. 289
The Arts of Denmark: Viking to Modern, exh. cat., Danish Society of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Design, USA, 1960, p. 131, cat. no. 234
Forces of Nature: Axel Salto. Ceramics & Drawings, exh. cat., Antik, New York, 1999, p. 7
S. Bruhn and P. Wirnfeldt, Axel Salto: Master of Stoneware, exh. cat., CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Denmark, 2017, pp. 86, 87, 102 (for period photographs), 148, 180, no. 289
Further Details
This model can be found in the permanent collection of the CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Denmark (inv. nos. GRH28143, GRH16046 and GRH38418).
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Christina Haselerhansen
Head of Sale