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 Sung glaze with blue elements. Signed Salto, 21375. Royal Copenhagen. Made 1958. Designed 1956. H. 53 cm. Diam. 24 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.
Modern decorative art, furniture, lamps and carpets, 7 March 2024