Axel EBBE
1868–1941, Sweden
Statuette in bronze, title: "Solros", signed "A Ebbe", height 46,5 cm. The statuette was for sale at an online auction house in March 2014. With reference to earlier investigations of this type of statuettes signed "Ebbe, Sunflower", the police confiscated the statue. The statuette "Sunflower" has never been manufactured in this size. In previous investigations have revealed that this statue is in a single original in fullsize standing in "Kungsparken" (Park) in Malmö, Sweden. In addition, Axel Ebbe also made a smaller version, about 60-70 cm high. These exists in 10-20 copies and has been cast in "Rosengrens" Foundry in Malmo Sweden. Foundryman Stamp is always on the genuine statuettes. Early discovered several forgeries in smaller sizes that was probably of Danish fabrication, not only in bronze but also in plaster. Court decision: Examination and expert judgment (including Axel Ebbe daughter Lucia and her sister Elene) showed that the statuette was a forgery.
Statuette in bronze, title: "Solrose", signed "Ebbe", height 47 cm. The statuette was for sale at an online auction house in March 2011. With reference to earlier investigations of this type of statuettes signed "Ebbe, Solros" (Solrose), the police confiscated the statue. The statuette "Solros" has never been manufactured in this size. In previous investigations have revealed that this statue is in a single original in fullsize standing in "Kungsparken" (Park) in Malmö, Sweden. In addition, Axel Ebbe also made a smaller version, about 60-70 cm high. These exists in 10-20 copies and has been cast in "Rosengrens" Foundry in Malmo Sweden. Foundryman Stamp is always on the genuine statuettes. Already in the 1930s and 1940s discovered a number of fakes that were probably manufactured in Denmark, not only in bronze but also in plaster. Court decision: Examination and expert judgment (including Axel Ebbe daughter Lucia and her sister Elene) showed that the statuette was a forgery.
Statuette in bronze, title: "Solrose", signed "Ebbe", height ca 47 cm. The Statuette was for sale at an antique shop in Stockholm, Gamla Stan, autumn 2010. With reference to earlier investigations of this type of statuettes signed "Ebbe, Solros" (Solrose), the police confiscated the statue. The statuette "Solros" has never been manufactured in this size. In previous investigations have revealed that this statue is in a single original in fullsize standing in "Kungsparken" (Park) in Malmö, Sweden. In addition, Axel Ebbe also made a smaller version, about 60-70 cm high. These exists in 10-20 copies and has been cast in "Rosengrens" Foundry in Malmo Sweden. Foundryman Stamp is always on the genuine statuettes. Already in the 1930s and 1940s discovered a number of fakes that were probably manufactured in Denmark, not only in bronze but also in plaster. Court decision: Examination and expert judgment (including Axel Ebbe daughter Lucia and her sister Elene) showed that the statuette was a forgery.
Statuette in bronze, title: "Solros", signed "Ebbe", height 38 cm. Axel Ebbe's daughter Lucia and her sister, Elene reading a artiket in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on an auction house in Stockholm, whose subsidiary in Skåne, Sweden will sell a copy of "Solros" 38 cm high, depicting a woman with outstretched arms. This figurine has never been manufactured in this size. It is a forgery with forged signature without casting's stamp. Even fake plaster casts of "Solros" occur. This statue is manufactured in a single original in fullsize standing in "Kungsparken" (Park) in Malmö, Sweden. In addition, Axel Ebbe also made a smaller version, about 60-70 cm high. These exists in 10-20 copies and has been cast in "Rosengrens" Foundry in Malmo Sweden. Foundryman Stamp is always on the genuine statuettes. Already in the 1930s and 1940s discovered a number of fakes that were probably manufactured in Denmark, not only in bronze but also in plaster.
Statuette in bronze, title: "Sunflower", signed "A Ebbe -95" with "foundryman stamp Aug. E. Jensen, Copenhagen", height 45 cm. In April 2007 notice Elene Nyman, daughter of Axel Ebbe, that a major auction houses have the statuette for sale in its catalog for future quality auction. Elene Nyman contacted the auction house and the police and informs that this is a forgery. This statue is manufactured in a single original in fullsize standing in "Kungsparken" (Park) in Malmö, Sweden. In addition, Axel Ebbe also made a smaller version, about 60-70 cm high. These exists in 10-20 copies and has been cast in "Rosengrens" Foundry in Malmo Sweden. Foundryman Stamp is always on the genuine statuettes. Already in the 1930s and 1940s discovered a number of fakes that were probably manufactured in Denmark, not only in bronze but also in plaster.
Statuette in bronze, title: "Solros", signed "Ebbe", height 48 cm. June 2006, Axel Ebbe daughter Elene Nyman, contacted police in Stockholm on the grounds that she had seen in the catalog for a major auction houses that they have a sculpture titled "Solros" for sale. Police contacted the auction house and seized the statuette. The statuette "Solros" has never been manufactured in this size, it is a forgery with forged signature. This statue is manufactured in a single original in fullsize standing in "Kungsparken" (Park) in Malmö, Sweden. In addition, Axel Ebbe also made a smaller version, about 60-70 cm high. These exists in 10-20 copies and has been cast in "Rosengrens" Foundry in Malmo Sweden. Foundryman Stamp is always on the genuine statuettes. Already in the 1930s and 1940s discovered a number of fakes that were probably manufactured in Denmark, not only in bronze but also in plaster.