Ella Hernborg - Figurine - Mor och barn, Hernborg - Terracotta
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A hand-formed, unglazed terracotta sculpture by Ella Hernborg, titled Mor och barn, depicting a protective mother and child in a mid-century Scandinavian modern style, circa 1974, about 18 cm high, 15 cm wide and 18 cm deep, signed E. Hernborg and in excellent vintage condition.
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Expressive, hand-formed terracotta sculpture depicting a mother bowing protectively over her child. The composition is notable for the strong, almost closed embrace: the mother's body forms, so to speak, a protective mantle around the child. Faces and anatomy are deliberately strongly simplified. The visible finger marks, modeling traces and tool marks give the work a distinctly expressionist and modernist studio ceramic feel.
The figure bears the signature of Ella Hernborg (born 1914), a Swedish artist. Among her works are ceramic animal figures, human figures and groups of figures. She painted and sculpted. On the Swedish auction market, sculptures by her are known in, among other materials, ceramic, plaster and other modeling materials. Her figurative works are often characterized by simplified human forms and a strongly sculptural, handmade appearance.
Specifications:
Artist: Ella Hernborg.
Origin: Sweden.
Title: Mother and child.
Period: presumably ca. 1974.
Material: hand-formed terracotta / fired clay
Style: Scandinavian modernism / expressionist figuration / studio pottery.
Signature: engraved: E. Hernborg.
Height: approx. 18 cm.
Width: approx. 15 cm.
Weight: approx. 1,310 grams.
Edition: hand-modeled, unglazed.
The sculpture is over 50 years old but is in excellent vintage condition, with the surface irregularities, color variations and modeling traces appropriate to hand-formed terracotta. These are an integral part of the artistic character and the 제작 process.
An attractive collectable for enthusiasts of Scandinavian art, Swedish studio ceramics, figurative sculpture and mid-century modern sculpture. The universal theme of maternal protection makes the work particularly well suited to both a modern minimalist interior and a more classical art collection.
Shipping: the sculpture will be carefully and generously packaged and dispatched within three working days after payment, with track & trace."} } )
Expressive, hand-formed terracotta sculpture depicting a mother bowing protectively over her child. The composition is notable for the strong, almost closed embrace: the mother's body forms, so to speak, a protective mantle around the child. Faces and anatomy are deliberately strongly simplified. The visible finger marks, modeling traces and tool marks give the work a distinctly expressionist and modernist studio ceramic feel.
The figure bears the signature of Ella Hernborg (born 1914), a Swedish artist. Among her works are ceramic animal figures, human figures and groups of figures. She painted and sculpted. On the Swedish auction market, sculptures by her are known in, among other materials, ceramic, plaster and other modeling materials. Her figurative works are often characterized by simplified human forms and a strongly sculptural, handmade appearance.
Specifications:
Artist: Ella Hernborg.
Origin: Sweden.
Title: Mother and child.
Period: presumably ca. 1974.
Material: hand-formed terracotta / fired clay
Style: Scandinavian modernism / expressionist figuration / studio pottery.
Signature: engraved: E. Hernborg.
Height: approx. 18 cm.
Width: approx. 15 cm.
Weight: approx. 1,310 grams.
Edition: hand-modeled, unglazed.
The sculpture is over 50 years old but is in excellent vintage condition, with the surface irregularities, color variations and modeling traces appropriate to hand-formed terracotta. These are an integral part of the artistic character and the 제작 process.
An attractive collectable for enthusiasts of Scandinavian art, Swedish studio ceramics, figurative sculpture and mid-century modern sculpture. The universal theme of maternal protection makes the work particularly well suited to both a modern minimalist interior and a more classical art collection.
Shipping: the sculpture will be carefully and generously packaged and dispatched within three working days after payment, with track & trace."} } )
Details
Era
1900-2000
Manufacturer/brand
Ella Hernborg
Number of objects
1
Style
Mid-century modern
Title
Mor och barn, Hernborg
Country of origin
Sweden
Designer/artist/maker
Ella Hernborg
Material
Terracotta
Colour
Brown
Condition
Excellent condition: barely used with minimal signs of wear
Height
18 cm
Width
15 cm
Depth
18 cm
Depiction/theme
Female figures
Estimated period
1974
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