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Otto G Carlsund

(Sweden, 1897-1948)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 920 - 3 900 EUR
3 400 - 4 530 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
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For condition report contact specialist
Amanda Wahrgren
Stockholm
Amanda Wahrgren
Head specialist Modern Art
+46 (0)702 53 14 89
Otto G Carlsund
(Sweden, 1897-1948)

"Deux amies"

Signed O.C and dated 1931. Indian ink on paper, 44 x
16,5 cm.

Provenance

Gunnar Jungmarker, Stockholm.
Galerie Bel' Art, Stockholm.
Private collection, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1932, "Paris 1932 - 10 nationer - 24 konstnärer", cat. no. 27.
Norrköpings Museum, "Otto G Carlsund", 1968-69, cat. no. 51.
Malmö Museum, "Otto G Carlsund", 1968-69, cat. no. 51.
Galerie Bel’ Art, Stockholm, "Otto G. Carlsund", 1988.
Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, "Otto G Carlsund", cat. no. 24, illustrated in the catalogue p. 88.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm och Norrköpings Museum, "Otto G Carlsund", 2007-2008.

Literature

Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G Carlsund i fjärrperspektiv", 1988, illustrated p. 104.
Anders Wahlgren, "Otto G. Carlsund", 2021, illustrated p. 235.

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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