Framed Etching, Sunflowers, Harald Sallberg (1895-1963)

Harald Sallberg, Born 1895 died 1963
Sunflowers, 1956
Etching on paper
Edition 96 of 110
Signed and dated in pencil
Frame dimensions 50.5x57.5 cm
 
This etching belongs to Harald Sallberg’s mature period, when his work moved with quiet assurance between observation and inner landscape. The stand of sunflowers rises from a spare ground, their heavy heads and broad leaves rendered with close attention, yet set against a horizon that feels distant and unsettled. Sallberg was deeply attuned to nature, but never sentimental. Here the plants appear resilient and solitary, holding their place in a wide and almost emptied world.