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Museum Collections

Works by Swedish designer Alexander Lervik are represented in museum collections in Sweden and Norway. Each object is recorded individually, with the museum’s own accession number where it has been confirmed.

Objects

Vase (unique)

Nasjonalmuseet · Oslo, Norway · 2010

Material
Overlay glass (overfangsglass)
Acquired
2010
Accession number
NMK.2010.0064

Recorded in Nasjonalmuseet’s own documentation as a unique object.

Verified — primary source

Nasjonalmuseet collection

Red Chair

Nasjonalmuseet · Oslo, Norway · 2005

Edition
Edition of 10
Accession number
Pending catalogue confirmation

Listed in the museum’s acquisition documentation. Accession number pending catalogue confirmation.

Verified — primary source

Nasjonalmuseet collection

Red Chair

Nationalmuseum · Stockholm, Sweden · 2005

Edition
Edition of 10
Accession number
Pending catalogue confirmation

Acquisition for the permanent collection documented by contemporary design sources. Inventory number pending catalogue confirmation.

Verified — independent secondary source

Nationalmuseum collection

Skugga

Nationalmuseum · Stockholm, Sweden

Accession number
Pending catalogue confirmation

Held as a separate object record. Catalogue reference pending final verification.

Pending primary verification

Nationalmuseum collection

Red Chair

Röhsska Museum · Gothenburg, Sweden · 2005

Edition
Edition of 10
Accession number
Pending catalogue confirmation

Acquisition documented by independent contemporary sources. Inventory number pending; never derived from the edition number.

Verified — independent secondary source

Röhsska Museum collection

MYBrain

Röhsska Museum · Gothenburg, Sweden · 2007

Accession number
Pending catalogue confirmation

Associated with the museum in Lervik’s documented exhibition and collection history. The work was made from three-dimensional information originating in an MRI scan of the designer’s own brain. Inventory number pending catalogue matching.

Pending primary verification

Röhsska Museum collection

Chair 44

Museum of Furniture Studies / Möbeldesignmuseum · Stockholm, Sweden

Accession number
Pending catalogue confirmation

Representation in the collection is documented; current location and catalogue number pending confirmation.

Pending primary verification

Across museums

Red Chair (2005) — seven red lacquered steel rods, in an edition of 10 — is documented in three national collections.

  • Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
  • Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg
  • Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Edition numbers such as 6/10 identify the individual example within the edition. They are never used as museum inventory numbers.

Related

Exhibition history — solo and institutional exhibitions since 1998.

MYBrain — the lighting object associated with the Röhsska Museum.

Collectible design — limited editions and one-off works.

Awards — international design awards.