Peder Rasmussen, Pontus Box

Peder Rasmussen, a stoneware box depicting the portrait of Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén (1924-2006). At the side there has been written “Portrait of Pontus Hultén”. Hultén was a Swedish art collector and museum director. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century. He was the head of the Museum for Modern Art in Stockholm and from 1974-1981 the first director of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. About Peder Rasmussen confirmed on September 11, 2013 to have made this interesting ceramic box. For his CV and other works by him and his wife Karen Bennicke please visit the website: www.pederrasmussen.dk