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Otto G Carlsund

(Sweden, 1897-1948)
Estimate
300 000 - 350 000 SEK
26 700 - 31 100 EUR
27 500 - 32 100 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Johan Jinnerot
Stockholm
Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
+46 (0)739 400 801
Otto G Carlsund
(Sweden, 1897-1948)

"Den lycklige familjen I"

Paper glued on panel 68 x 49 cm.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G Carlsund", 22 sep 2007 - 6 jan 2008, avbildad i katalogen, sid 83.
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, "Otto G Carlsund", 27 jan - 6 april 2008, avbildad i katalogen, sid 83.

Literature

Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G Carlsund", 1988, avbildad sid 136.

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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