Powerfully
and expressively modeled, large figure of a fisherman
dressed in a nor'wester, trudging home with a huge fluke, or
halibut, flung over his shoulder and hanging down his back.
Heavy red stoneware. Covered in a variegated dark caramel
high glaze with hints of green and gold, and a profusion of
micro crystals. A
tour de force by the extremely talented
Icelandic sculptor Gudmundur Einarsson, for
Listvinahus pottery. BACKGROUND:
Listvinahus
pottery was founded in 1927 and is the more
important of two Icelandic potteries (the other
being "GLIT" est .by Ragnar Kjarlansson - used
"Ragnar" signature - in 1958). REFERENCE:
Gudmundur
Einarsson fra Middal, 1995, Reykjavík,
Iceland Mint
condition! $
1,065. P-550-N
Listvinahus
Pottery, Iceland
15-1/2"
high
Dated 1940
Various
glaze details
Listvinahus' major ceramists were Lydia Einarsson
(decoration), Einar Gudmundsson, Sigurjon
Einarsson, and Gudmundar Einarsson
(sculpture). Einarsson is also known to have worked
in stained glass and watercolor.
Raised
Listvinahus "3-mountain" mark
G.E. (for Gudmundur Einarsson) 1940
ISLAND (Icelandic for
Iceland)
A
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