Height 6 in., Width 3 in., Depth 2 in. Weight 14.1 oz. This cast and blown glass sculpture by Erik Hoglund for Boda Nova depicts an abstracted seated figure in translucent smoked grey glass, the rounded biomorphic forms of the torso, raised arms and inclined head rendered with the conscious primordial simplicity that defined Hoglunds revolutionary approach to Swedish glass design from his arrival at Boda Glassworks in 1953. The body carries an internal black line decoration in the sommerso technique tracing an oval loop on the torso and a linear gesture at the head, the controlled air bubble inclusions -- a technique Hoglund pioneered and for which he was initially criticized by traditionalists -- giving the glass its characteristic living internal depth. The sculpture is mounted on a cylindrical black glass base with textured outer surface providing strong visual contrast to the polished grey figure, and is signed on the base. Erik Hoglund studied sculpture at the Swedish School of Arts in Stockholm, joined Boda in 1953 and became the youngest ever recipient of the Lunning Prize -- the highest honor for a Scandinavian designer -- in 1957, his work now held in the collections of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm, the Blekinge Museum and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or surface damage.