Otto G Carlsund
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"Ockra"
Signed OgC and dated -47. Wax crayon on paper 26.7 x 21.7 cm.
Provenance
Gift from the artist, then by descent to the current owner.
Exhibitions
Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, "Otto G Carlsund - skisser och studier till muralmålningar", 27 September - 16 October 1947, cat no 7 (the exhibition number is written in pencil in the lower left margin of the sheet).
More information
I utställningskatalogen finns det aktuella katalognumret under utställningssektionen som kallas "Kompositionselement" där det står följande: "polygoner, cirklar, kurvor. Ackordstudier i en färg och svart för bostadsrum, restauranger, barer, fabriker, hallar, korridorer etc. Vita eller mycket ljusa fonder". Det rör sig om sju stycken olika kompositioner som alla bär namnet efter den färg som Carlsund gett dem.
Artist
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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