Åke Göransson
"Gossen med grodan, rum i rödbrunt"
Signed with stamp Åke G. Executed in 1928-30. Canvas laid down on panel 50 x 40 cm.
Provenance
Director K.W. Hansson, Norrköping, Sweden.
Exhibitions
Modern Konst i Hemmiljö, Stockholm, "Åke Göransson" 1941, cat no 68.
Konsthallen, Göteborg, "Åke Göransson",1942, cat no 74.
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Varbergs museum, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, "Åke Göransson", 1977, cat no 27.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Åke Göransson", 1977-1978, cat no 29.
Museet, Kulturhuset, Borås, "Åke Göransson", 1978,
Riksutställningar, "Åke Göransson", 1978-1979, cat no 4.
Augélimuseet, Sala, "Åke Göransson", 1979, cat no 4.
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Skimrande västkust", 1986-1987, cat no 46.
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, "Åke Göransson", 1998-1999.
Literature
Björn Axlund, "Åke Göranssons liv och konst", 2002, page 186, no 109.
More information
"Boy and the frog" is a subject Göransson returns to several times, after having painted a small plaster statue in 1927 that they had in their home. In each new painting he varies the surrounding objects and light angles, but the central figure stands firmly at the center of the image.
Certificate on verso: The painting by Åke Göransson the signature marked certifies ... Göransson and Arne Stibelius"