Mogens Andersen for Royal Copenhagen, annual egg 1975.
Mogens Andersen for Royal Copenhagen, annual egg 1975.
Annual egg in porcelain with abstract decoration in black on a white ground. The first egg in Royal Copenhagen’s series of annual eggs. Marked.
Origin: Denmark.
Designer: Mogens Andersen.
Material: Porcelain.
Dimensions: H. 9 cm, D. 8 cm.
Period: 1975.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.
Bio:
Mogens Andersen (1916–2003) was a Danish painter and printmaker and one of the leading figures in post-war Danish abstract art. He lived in Paris for some years and was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He decorated the first of Royal Copenhagen’s annual eggs in 1975, a series then designed by changing Danish artists.