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Otto G Carlsund

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

OTTO G CARLSUND, chalk and pencil, signed, executed in 1945

"Skiss för rumskomposition". 5,9 x 5,5 cm.

Not examined out of frame.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Professor Oscar Reutersvärd, Lund, 1947-48.
Galerie Bel' Art, Stockholm.
Private collection, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

Galerie Bel' Art, Stockholm, Otto G Carlsund, 1988.
Mjellby Konstmuseum/Halmstadgruppens museum, 13 June - 29 August, 2004, cat no 31, illustrated an mentioned on p. 182 in the exhibition catalogue.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G Carlsund", 22 September 2007 – 6 January 2008.

More information

"Jag fick denna teckning idag av Otto G som betalning för att jag hämtade pengar hos Evert Taube. Teckningen var osignerad. Jag bad Otto G. sätta sin signatur på pappret. Otto G. skrev dit den och årtalet "46". Sedan betraktade han teckningen och sade att han signerat den upp och ned, suddade ut initialen och skrev dit den på rätt ledd. Han sade:"Det är så länge sedan jag ritade den här skissen Det var i själva verket 1945 och det är den absolut första av allesammans!" Oscar Reutersvärd".

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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