Glass Collection Hydman & Vallien

The most famous design couple in Swedish art glass - Ulrica Hydman-Vallien and Bertil Vallien - are celebrated at Crafoord Auctions Stockholm, which is now presenting 25 lots featuring their well-known creations.

It's almost 100 years since Swedish art glass conquered the world at the renowned Paris Exhibition in 1925. Delicate glass sculptures with engraved decorations of the finest quality, along with bowls and vases in the astonishing Graal technique, stunned the audience. This was followed by thick-walled pieces, which in turn led to new models and techniques. As part of this success story, Ulrica Hydman-Vallien and Bertil Vallien placed themselves within the historical tradition while also renewing the art form. Ulrica with her painted pieces in strong colors or entirely black and white, and Bertil with his sandblasted rustic objects that hardly resembled anything else. At Crafoord Auctions Stockholm, we are offered some of the couple's most famous expressions. Here are Bertil's boats and heads, and of course, Ulrica's faces, created in several different techniques.

Warmly welcome to step into their wondrous world, which has become almost beloved by the public yet has not lost an ounce of artistic integrity.