Medium: Wrought Iron and Glass
Edition:
Size:
Location: Outside 103 LC
Donor: Donated by E.F. Lindquist; conservation and exhibition generously supported by Professor Emeritus H. Dee and Myrene Hoover.
About the Artwork
Viking Ship has a balanced design: two sails, alternating clear and brown glass circles making up the body of the vessel, and a flag on the sternpost (back of the ship) that corresponds to the sculptural stempost (front of the ship). Even the squares composing the two sails create harmony in the distribution of clear and brown glass. The cluster of stars completes the composition. The balance present in Viking Ship is unusual in Erik Höglund's œuvre; he frequently strayed from these principles, and in doing so foreshadowed the aesthetic that would become popular in the studio-glass movement.