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Otto G Carlsund

(Sweden, 1897-1948)
Estimate
7 000 000 - 8 000 000 SEK
618 000 - 706 000 EUR
655 000 - 749 000 USD
Hammer price
6 200 000 SEK
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Otto G Carlsund
(Sweden, 1897-1948)

The Second Machine (The green machine)

Signed O.C. and dated 26. Oil and ripolin on panel 125 x 59 cm.

Provenance

Gunnar Ekelöf, Stockholm.
Sven A. Hansson, Stockholm.
Galerie Blanche, Stockholm, 1973.
Private collection, Stockholm (acquired from the above).

Exhibitions

Kunstnerförbundet, Oslo, "Otte skandinaviske kubister", 1927, cat no. 5.
Galerie Mots et Images, Paris, 7 - 21 March 1927.
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, "Hommage á Otto G. Carlsund", March - April 1950, cat no. 8.
L´Art d´Aujourd´hui, Paris, October - November 1953, illustrated and mentioned in the magazine.
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, "Otto G. Carlsund", 17 November 1968 - 12 January 1969, cat no. 15, illustrated in catalogue p. 5.
Malmö Museum, "Otto G. Carlsund", 13 April - 11 May 1969, cat no. 15.
Galerie Blanche, Stockholm, "Otto G. Carlsund", 1973, cat no. 4 (with the title "Grön filmkamera" and wrong dating 1925).
Norrköpings Museum, "Svensk Avantgarde", 1 June - 9 September 1979.
Malmö Museum, 8 March - 23 September 1984, cat no. 20, illustrated in catalogue.
Norrköpings Museum, "Brytningstider", 16 May - 11 November 1998, illustrated p. 40, mentioned p. 38.
Mjellby Konstmuseum, 13 June - 29 August 2004, cat no. 11, illustrated in colour pl. 13.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G. Carlsund", 27 January - 6 April 2008 (without catalogue).
The painting figures in the movie about Otto G. Carlsund by Anders Wahlgren.

Literature

”Konst i svenska hem”, vol. II, no. 6, catalogued and illustrated p. 294, in collection 452: ”Civilingenjör Sven A. Hansson, Stigbergsgatan 27, Stockholm”.
Konsthistorisk Tidskrift, "Carlsund och neoplasticismen", 1949, article by Oscar Reutersvärd, mentioned p. 21.
Inga Chambert, "Carlsundstudier, Otto G. Carlsund 1924-1930", 1982, illustrated p. 77.
Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G. Carlsund i fjärrperspektiv", 1988, illustrated.
Dagens Nyheter, 14 May 1982, article by Torsten Ekbom, illustrated.
Yale University, 1984, "The Society Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University", p. 143-144.
Ulf Thomas Moberg (ed.), ”Nordisk konst i 1920-talets avantgarde”, 1995, mentioned p. 20.
Kristina Hultman (ed.), "Brytningstider", 1998, illustrated in colour p. 40.
Viveka Bosson et.al., ”Otto G. Carlsund och konkretistfiaskot i Stockholm 1930”, 2004, illustrated in colour p. 43.
Exhibition catalogue, Liljevalchs Konsthall, "Otto G Carlsund - konstnär, kritiker och utställningsarrangör", 2007 - 2008, mentioned p. 58 and compare water colour illustrated full page in colour.

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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