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Otto G Carlsund

(Sweden, 1897-1948)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 790 - 2 230 EUR
1 810 - 2 260 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
Otto G Carlsund
(Sweden, 1897-1948)

Still life with bottle and green pears

Signed Carlsund and dated 32. Gouache and water colour 12 x 22 cm.

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Provenance

Originally in architect Nils Eriksson's collection, Gothenburg, acquired directly form the artist, subsequently by inheritance.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm "Otto G Carlsund", 22 September 2007 – 6 January 2008.

Literature

"Konst i svenska hem", vol I: 11, listed on page 561 under collection 988: "Arkitekt Nils Einar Eriksson, Brödragatan 38, Gothenburg".

Designer

Otto G Carlsund was a Swedish painter, theorist and critic. Whilst in Paris in 1924, he formed a friendship with Fernand Léger, Ozenfant and Piet Mondrian and became the representative of Swedish synthetic cubism, purism, and neoplasticism. It was between the years of 1932 – 45 when Carlsund was the most active as a critic, but rediscovered his passion for nonfigurative painting in his last years. His paintings were often intended as preliminary studies for wall paintings. In 1929, he co-founded the group Art Concret in Paris with van Doesburg and Hélion, publishing its manifesto.

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