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Lisa Larson's Jonah and the Whale for Gustavsberg
Submitted by Duke on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 9:54pm
Lisa Larson's Jonah and the Whale for Gustavsberg
Here's one of my favorite designs by the great Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Here, both the whale as well as Jonah seem content, even if Jonah has been swallowed - that makes me happy too. This piece comes from her 1970 line named Traffic, pieces featuring some mode of transportation - the ballooning and driving and elephant-riding do seem more pleasant than poor Noah here being chaufferred around in the belly of a whale - such is Lisa's whimsy. Stickered and stamped but no mark specific to Lisa. There is a small 1994 Andreas Ribbing publication (in Swedish) showing her work from 1954 to 1980 at Gustavsberg - a nice addition to a library if this sort of thing gets ya' goin'. This figure is about 5.5 inches tall.
Re: Lisa Larson's Noah and the Whale for Gustavsberg
Rick, do you mean Jonah and the Whale?
Interesting concept, though. Noah saved animals in the belly of his ark and the Whale saved Jonah in his belly.
Re: Lisa Larson's Noah and the Whale for Gustavsberg
Mike, you so wise - I need another oxycodone I guess