Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
GÖSTA ADRIAN-NILSSON, pencil on paper, unsigned. Probably executed 1925-1931.
Sketch with a Royal Hussar on guard outside the Barracks. Circa 24.5 x 18 cm. On verso abstract compositions and figure studies (possibly sketches for a sculpture?).
The upper edge of the sheet with horizontal fold/paper folded (the actual total measurements of the sheet circa 26.5 x 18 cm). The lower left corner with minor loss of paper. Inscriptions in pencil by the artist's own hand with comments regarding the different colours in the composition. Folded in. Loss of paper/paper-loss. Discoloured/discolouring.
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.
More information
Probably executed in the period between GAN's return from Paris (May 1925) and move to Stockholm (beginning of 1931). During this time GAN was living in Lund but took occassional trips to Malmö. Possibly the sketch depicts the Royal Hussar Barracks at Regementsgatan 22, on Väster in Malmö, which was built in 1898 and torn down in 1960.