Philip & Kelvin LaVerne
(United States, 1907-1987 and born 1937)
an "Odyssey" coffee table, USA 1960s-70s.
Round top in patinated bronze and pewter with hand-painted enamels by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, central foot in bronze, signed Kelvin Philip LaVerne. Diameter 120, height 41 cm.
Wear.
Provenance
From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943-2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915-1976).
Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.
The Canadian model and geologist Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.
Purchased from Studio LaVerne, New York, for their home in the USA.