Afro-American designer and graphic artist Howard Smith (1928-2021) was born in New Jersey, USA. He moved to Finland in 1962 and since then worked as a designer in Finland and was married to a Finnish ceramic artist, Erna Aaltonen.
The run free -collection by Howard Smith was in production at Arabia factory in the 90:s. The collection contains animals of the African savannah.
The mother elephant is called "Selma" and the baby is called "Alex".
Selma is 22,5cm high and weighs 1,06kg.
Alex is 11,5cm high and weighs 0,28kg.
Alex and Selma are sold separately and have different prices. When you click on either name a picture of that item appears uppermost in the presentation and its price is shown under the heading. Now that particular item can be added to the cart.
All Alex individuals have half of the left eye 'hidden' under the left ear. - The left eye is half on purpose.
Signature: H.Smith's signature
as well as
ARABIA FINLAND & crown imprint
Condition: Excellent