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Axel Salto (b. Copenhagen 1889, d. Frederiksberg 1961)
“Den Tingene iboende Kraft” (The Inherent Power of Things). A rarely offered stoneware sculpture modelled with three conical “tubes” rising from a cylindrical base modelled in budded style. Decorated with Butterfly wing glaze. Signed Salto, 21375. Royal Copenhagen. Made 1975–1979. Designed 1956. H. 53 cm. Diam. 23.5 cm.
Literature: “Axel Salto - Master of Stoneware”, CLAY - Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, ill. pp. 86–87, 102, 148–149 and in model register fig. 289, p. 180.
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Force of Nature – Georg Jensen and Axel Salto, design, 19 September 2024
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