"Rapid"
Signed OCG and dated MCMXXX (1930). Mixed media on paper 32 x 60.7 cm.
The collection of 1st Antiquarian Ragnhild and Curator at the National Museum Kjell Boström; subsequently by descent.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G Carlsund", 22 September 2007 - 6 January 2008.
Oscar Reutersvärd, ”Otto G Carlsund i fjärrperspektiv”, 1988, compare ill. p. 88.
Viveka Bosson et al. , "Otto G. Carlsund och konkretistfiaskot i Stocholm 1930", exhibition catalogue Mjellby konstmuseum, 2004, compare ill. p. 109 and ill. inside the cover.
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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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