Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
GÖSTA ADRIAN-NILSSON, pencil on paper, unsigned. Executed circa 1930.
Study for "Låsta plan". Image circa 6.5 x 9.5 cm. Sheet circa 10.5 x 13.5 cm.
Creases. Time stained. Minor stain.
Provenance
Managing director of Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Harry Runnqvist.
Managing director of Galerie Bonnier, Geneva and Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Jan Runnqvist, Ph. D. (by descent from the above mentioned, his father).
Subsequently by descent.
Literature
Jan Torsten Ahlstrand, 'Biografi i årtal', published in "GAN. Gösta Adrian Nilsson. Perioden 1914-1932", 2002, compare "Låsta plan" resting on GAN's lap in interior photo (taken by Lennart Olson in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1953) accompanied by Pontus Hultén and Oscar Reutersvärd in connection with the exhibition "L'art suédois 1913-1953" at Galerie Denise René in Paris.
More information
On display at Arsenalsgatan 2.
Compare "Låsta plan" (executed circa 1930, canvas laid down on panel 35 x 45 cm), sold at Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sale 590, vårens Moderna auktion, 19 April 2016, lot 121.