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Otto G Carlsund

(Sweden, 1897-1948)
Estimate
600 000 - 800 000 SEK
57 500 - 76 700 EUR
66 200 - 88 200 USD
Hammer price
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Purchasing info
Otto G Carlsund
(Sweden, 1897-1948)

"Komposition"

Signed with signature F. Léger and dated -26. Gouache 44 x 27 cm. (Oscar Reutersvärd certifies in ink "This gouche + Léger's sign are executed by O.G. Carlsund O.R-d.")

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G Carlsund", 2007 cat no 474.
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, "Otto G Carlsund", 26 January - 6 April 2008.

Literature

Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G Carlsund", 1988, page 14-16.

More information

I januari 1924 flyttade Otto G Carlsund till Paris. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson presenterade den nyanlände svensken för Fernand Léger, varpå Carlsund genast skrev in sig i Légers målarskola, Académie Moderne. Carlsund blev snart Légers högra hand och fick agera tolk mellan läraren och sina elever pga sina utmärkta språkkunskaper.

Oscar Reutersvärd beskriver i monografin över Otto G Carlsund arbetsrelationen mellan svensken och Léger, "Carlsund berättade att Léger baserade så starkt sina kompositioner på svenskens tekniska och estetiska begåvning att han ibland bara ritade med pekfingret i luften hur han tänkte sig den presumtiva bilden". Vidare citerar Reutersvärd Carlsund med anledning av att svensken signerade med sin läromästares signatur, "Och ibland satte jag själv dit också Légers namn eller hans intitialer".

Enligt Reutersvärd visste Léger om detta, och han skall även ha konstaterat att så skedde "à ma connaissance". I så hög grad litade Léger på Carlsunds kompetens och lojalitet.

(Se Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G. Carlsund", 1988, sid 14-16.)

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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