Untitled
Signed with monogram O.G.C. Probably executed in 1947. Half-fat wax crayon on paper, 19 x 19 cm. Inscription on the reverse in pencil Oscar Reutersvärd.
The overall impression is good. Mounted with paper tape in two places at the upper corners. Minor yellowing. A minor brown stain is visible in the yellowed area. Slight waviness to the paper.
Provenance
The collection of the artist and professor Oscar Reutersvärd (1915-2002), Stockholm.
Stockholm Auction House. Modern + Contemporary Art & Design, 20 November 2018, cat. no. 210.
More about Otto G Carlsund
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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