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Otto G Carlsund

(Sweden, 1897-1948)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 800 - 4 750 EUR
4 360 - 5 450 USD
Hammer price
31 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
Otto G Carlsund
(Sweden, 1897-1948)

"Spik och hammare" (Nail and hammer)

Signed O.G.C. and dated -34. Gouache 25.5 x 36 cm.

Provenance

Originally in architect Nils Eriksson's collection, Gothenburg, acquired directly form the artist, subsequently by inheritance.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm "Otto G Carlsund", 22 September 2007 – 6 January 2008.

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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