Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
"Vertikal figur" (Vertical figure)
Signed GAN and, on verso, Gösta Adrian-Nilsson. Executed in 1928. Canvas on paper-panel 48 x 34 cm.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Originally in the collection of mechanical engineer Egon Östlund, Halmstad/Borås (gift from the artist).
Then in the collection of Mrs Britt Östlund, Malmö.
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm.
Nordén auctions (in cooperation with Sotheby's), Stockholm, May 11 1992, lot 68b.
Private collection (acquired at the sale above).
Näyttelyt
Riksförbundet för bildande konst, exhibition "Svensk konst kring 1930".
Hallands museum, Halmstad, "Gösta Adrian-Nilsson", 1936, cat no 77.
Riksförbundet för bildande konst, vandringsutställning 71, "Abstrakt och surrealistiskt ur Egon Östlunds samling", 1949, cat no 20.
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "GAN -Retrospektivt", 29 March - 27 April 1958, cat no 75 (then in the collections of Mrs Britt Östlund, Malmö).
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm, "Pionjären GAN (Gösta Adrian-Nilsson 1884-1965)", 5 February - 8 March 1981, cat no 23.
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "GAN. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson 1884-1965", 6 April - 20 May 1984, cat no 248.
Malmö konsthall, "GAN. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson 1884-1965", 29 June - 26 August 1984, cat no 248.
Mjellby konstgård/Halmstadgruppens museum, "Gösta Adrian-Nilsson. GAN 1914 - 1932", 5 May - 4 August 2002, cat no 45.
Kirjallisuus
"Konst i svenska hem", vol. 3, catalogued page 140 under collection 165: "Förste Maskiningeniör Egon Östlund, Norra vägen 4, Halmstad".
Jan Torsten Ahlstrand, 'GAN -den store outsidern i svensk modernism', essay in "GAN. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson. Perioden 1914-1932", exhibition catalogue Mjellby konstgård/Halmstadgruppens museum, 2002, mentioned pages 68-70 and reproduced full page in colour, page 69.
Muut tiedot
With dedication by the artist on verso: "For Egon from his grateful friend 18/XI 1929".