# Erik Höglund artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:36:40.109Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swedish
- Common media: Glass, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing and graphic art

## Portrait

![Erik Höglund](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Erik_H%C3%B6glund.jpg/1280px-Erik_H%C3%B6glund.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erik_H%C3%B6glund.jpg

## About Erik Höglund

Erik Höglund (1932–1998) was a Swedish artist whose practice crossed glass art, sculpture, painting, drawing, graphic art, and design. Library authority records identify him as a Swedish painter and sculptor, while biographical sources emphasize the breadth of his work in glass and the visual arts. Höglund worked for Boda from 1953 to 1973, a long association that places glass design at the center of his career, and he later worked at Strömbergshyttan from 1988. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on decorative glass as well as sculpture, paintings, drawings, prints, and other designed objects. This range matters when identifying a work: the object type, date, maker or workshop association, inscriptions, and construction should be considered together. The available source pack does not establish a single named art movement for Höglund, so his page is best organized around his multidisciplinary practice and documented glassmaking associations rather than an unsupported stylistic label.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction settings may include glass objects, sculpture, paintings, drawings, graphic works, prints, mixed-media pieces, and decorative designs. Höglund's documented Boda and Strömbergshyttan associations make the maker or workshop, production date, markings, and construction relevant identification details. Works on paper and editions should also be checked for signatures, inscriptions, and edition information.

## Market and appraisal context

Erik Höglund's auction record spans decorative art, paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, and editions. An appraisal should compare the object with sales of the same medium and broadly similar dimensions, date, and career period. Condition and restoration can be especially important, while signatures, inscriptions, edition details, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence help determine whether two results are genuinely comparable. Recent public sales provide useful context but do not guarantee a future result. Private transactions may be absent, feeds can be incomplete, and published totals may treat buyer's premiums or fees differently. Authentication and a direct condition review remain essential before reaching a final value conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results are starting evidence and may not include private sales, every auction feed, or later attribution changes.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366940
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/77115675/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/033699119
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12453982j
- Wikipedia: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_H%C3%B6glund
- Wikipedia: https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_H%C3%B6glund
- Wikipedia: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/erik-hoglund/