Plangeometri

Details

Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (Swedish, 1884-1965)
Plangeometri
signed with initials 'GAN' (lower centre)
oil on panel
13 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (34.5 x 31.5 cm.)
Painted in 1930

Provenance

M. Elsa Appelberg-Ulppasse.
Anna Christina Meurling, Lund.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Denise René, L'Art Suédois 1913-1953, March - April 1953, no. 9.
Stockholm, Galerie Bel'Art, Art d'Aujourd'hui, 7 October - November 1953, no. 7 (illustrated p. 6).
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, GAN-Retrospektivt, 1958, no. 144.
Lund, Lunds Konsthall, GAN och Wiwen Nilsson, 1977, no. 190. Norrköping, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Brytningstider, 16 May - 11 October 1998.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

"Smak är ej nagon konstnärlig kvalitet - lika litet som brist pa smak är bevis pa konstnärlig orginalitet" (GAN, 1918).
("Taste is a s much as artistic quality as lack of taste is proof of artistic originality").

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