Light figures "Angel" and "Miner"

Lot 5500 limit € 50

Wood, turned, colored by hand, based on a design by Prof. Friedrich Saalborn (1924-97), 2 figurative candlesticks (angel and miner), two-flame, hands and feet made of mass, H approx. 41 cm, W approx. 20 cm, signed and dated 1992, very good condition, from the estate of Prof. Saalborn. Friedrich Saalborn: 1945-47 apprenticeship as a commercial artist, 1947-52 studied design at the HS for Fine Arts in Dresden, 1961-"65 artistic director at the Institute for Applied Arts and Crafts in Berlin, well-known textile designer, from 1969 professorship in the department " textile surface design", lectureships at the HS for Design Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, at the TH Karl-Marx-Stadt and at the National Art University in Havana (Cuba), from 1982 first drafts of folk art, further development of the traditional Erzgebirge figures in shape and color design , designed "new" figures such as Barbara Uthmann, Anton Günther etc., 1989-'97 design and production of folk art together with his wife Ruth Saalborn