artist: Åke Lagerborg (Swedish 1927-2020)
medium: metal sculpture on timber base
dimensions: 36 cm (approx) height including base
signed and dated 1958 on base
AU $675 (approx US $430 / 410 EUROS / 64,000 yen / 340 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Åke Lagerborg was a Swedish sculptor born in Stockholm in 1927. He studied at the ABF Skulpturskola and with Ture Johansson and Arne Jones between 1954-56, and with Luciano Minguzzi at the Accademia di Brera, Milan in 1963. Labergborg has numerous public work around Sweden including a wall relief at Umeå University and is represented in public collections including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Gothenburg Art Museum, and the Umeå and Boras Museums.