"Ur 'Kullahusets hemlighet'. Figuren No 31, ett av bostadshusen?"
Signed SE. Watercoloured etching, image 10 x 11.5 cm. Sheet circa 42 x 30 cm.
Aqcuired directly from the artist in 1974.
Uppsala konstmuseum, "Sammanfattning -Sten Eklund och Kullahusets hemlighet", 21 April-9 September 2007, the motive reproduced full-page in color page 23.
Sten eklund, Swedish painter and ilustrator. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1966-71. He is known for his work with the fictional 19th-century botanist J.M.G. Paléen and Kullahuset's Secrets, which features 53 hand-colored copper engravings with matching sculptures. The visual narrative is a peculiar art project. Early in his career, Eklund was fascinated with the incomprehensible devices and constructions which he painted on glass or canvas. In watercolor or gouache, he has, in the spirit of Duchamp, created strange battle scenes and other depictions populated by mechanical figures.
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