Tulip glass (Tulpanglas) 1957

Nils Landberg made this *Tulip glass* at an unknown date with glass, and the results seem somehow inevitable. It’s tall, and it’s thin, and it’s this misty grey-blue, fading to a soft pink at the bottom, like a memory. Look at how that grey-blue travels down the stem, widening as it meets the base. You get the sense that this wasn’t just made; it was grown. When I look at this glass, I'm reminded of Brancusi’s sculptures, all those smooth, elongated forms. There’s something elemental about them. They speak to a kind of essential, distilled form. I see that here too, in the way Landberg has pared everything down to this simple, elegant shape. Art is such a beautiful conversation, don’t you think?