Knud Valdemar Engelhardt (1882-1931) Vase for Royal Copenhagen
$22,500.00
Our magnificent ribbed vase with cover by Knud Valdemar Engelhardt (1882-1931) for Royal Copenhagen dates from circa 1916 and features a unique celedon glaze with abstract blue and white flower heads and patined bronze cover with spherical reticulated finial. 29 in tall and 12 in across and in good condition. Stamped ROYAL COPENHAGEN with three wave painted mark and signed with the artist's cipher, VE and K 9.
Provenance:
* East Asiatic London Co.
* Acquired from Philippe Denys, Galerie Philippe Denys, Brussels.
* Sydell Miller, Palm Beach, Florida.
Literature:
D.R. McFadden, Scandinavian Modern Design 1880-1980, New York, 1982, p. 263, pl. 247.
The artist is considered among the first great Danish commercial designers of the industrial age.
Trained as an architect, Engelhardt is admired for his designs across a wide variety of mediums, including font design, ceramics, street signs, and the design of tram cars for Copenhagen Tramways (Københavns Sporvogne).
In 1927 he was awarded the Eckersberg Medal, issued annually to a single artist by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied in 1910-1911. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting.
