BARBRO ÖSTLIHN (1930-1995). “Yellow grid”.

Description

Oil on canvas, 92 x 99 cm. Signed B. ÖSTLIHN 1961. The painting is also known by the name “Baggensgatan 17"

PROVENANCE
Barbro Östlihn

EXHIBITED
Aspect 61, Liljevalchs Konsthall, 1961.
Barbro Östlhn, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, 29 March - 25 May 2003
Barbro Östlíhn. New York Imprint, Gothenburg Museum of Art 12 Mar - 25 Sep 2022
Barbro Östlíhn. New York Imprint, Västerås Konstmuseum 15 Oct 2022 - 5 Mar 2023
Barbro Östlíhn. New York Imprint, Liljevalchs konsthall Jun 16 - Sep 3, 2023

LITERATURE
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Birgitta Flensburg et al., Barbro Östlhn - Life and Art, Stockholm 2003, illustrated p. 25 and mentioned in the list of works p. 134.

The painting was described by Öyvind Fahlström in Konstrevy from 1966: “In Baggensgatan 17, the spotty shifts of the wall give rise to still very disordered and organic accumulations of streaks, splashes, moldy flowers, gnurglas and spermatozoa. The highlight of the future is the grid with its uniform large shape, where the hard basic rhythm of the pattern is woven through teeming but not chaotic threads like a telephone exchange.“.Show more

Condition

Marks after tensioning frame. Slightly wavy canvas in the lower left corner, slight color loss in the lower right corner. For further information, please contact victoria.svederberg@auktionsverket.se.

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