"Klot över kon" (Sphere over cone) Sculpture
1960
Blown glass.
John Selbing (1908-2001) played an important role for many years as the photographer for Orrefors glassworks. In the early 1950s, he also emerged as a designer of sculptures in thin glass with geometric shapes, of which these "Sphere over Cone" are the most well-known. Originally, they were composed as a group of three sculptures of varying heights. In 1961, the similar "Cylinder over Cone" was introduced.
Literature
Kerstin Wickman (ed.), "Orrefors, One Hundred Years of Swedish Glass Art", the model depicted, (photo by John Selbing), p. 76.
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