CO HULTÉN Final selection 1937-1959

CO Hultén

Final

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Cover: At the drawing table, Åkerlund & Rausing, Malmö 1936.

March 2024

CO Hultén

Final selection 1937–1959 | Part I

Viewing March 19–22, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm. Weekdays 11 am–5 pm.

Place your bid and view the catalogue at www.bukowskis.com.

All lots are from the artist family and the estate of CO Hultén, Karstorps gård, Lomma, Sweden.

Final selection – part II, themed auction online, August 23–September 1, 2024.

The art of procrastination and perdition - the beginning and fantastic imaginations

It has been unexpectedly difficult and recurring postponement for me to write this text to the auction catalog for CO Hultén Final selection 1937–1959 (Bukowskis 2024, March 20–24). I have had many thoughts about why this happened. Some thoughts over and above a long-standing tendency to get started only in the threatening proximity of deadlines and final submission dates. Thoughts that contain both free - purely spectacular - associations and more well-founded psychological hypotheses.

Is there anything unsettling about quitting? Not entirely comfortable with a ”final” selection? Shouldn’t everything just be saved for eternal times?

Equally, it hardly seems adequate to dedicate the text in the present catalog to the question of why it was unexpectedly difficult - and procrastinated - for me to write.

Then I saw that there is a large exhibition of works by Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) in Hamburg and took myself to pick up the catalog - which was a much appreciated gift for my dad - from the exhibition Caspar David Friedrich - the spirited nature at the Nationalmuseum October 2009–January 2010.

At first glance, it might seem strange that CO - and also other imaginists/surrealists - appreciated this (romantic?) late 18th/early 19th century painter. In truth, however, his work is often imaginative and I find a quote that reminds me of another quote, from another artist. Caspar David Friedrich writes:

“Close your physical eye, so that you first perceive the image with the help of your spiritual eye. Conjure up what you have seen in the dark in such a way that it can affect others from the outside in.”

Caspar David Friedrich, exhibition catalog 2009, p 7).

There is certainly a certain kinship between this position and the one expressed by my dad more than 100 years later in the article The Postponed Revolution:

”Observations from the outside world are continuously introduced to the brew from which the essence of the image comes. These are never illustrated illustratively because they merge with the inner experience... What the artist will concretize can therefore be considered a symbol of the whole inner picture.” (Hultén (1950), Lundagård, no. 6, p. 122).

But well; After all, CO is mainly a modernist - not a romantic traditionalist - perhaps almost postmodernist, so maybe a visit to Moderna Museet and its current exhibition Pink Sails - Swedish Modernism in Moderna Museet’s collection can be inspiring. However, what is shown and highlighted will probably rather be beyond what inspired the young artists in the 1930s and 1940s in Malmö. As is well known, Malmö is much closer to Copenhagen than to Stockholm. And maybe Paris or Amsterdam could also feel closer to Malmö than Stockholm, everything south, ”Malmö is closer to the continent” as dad used to say.

So my visit to the Moderna Museet in Stockholm was not quite as inspiring as I had somewhat optimistically hoped for. Perhaps it reminded too much of the experience of how the Imaginists perceived that the ”Mälardalen” (the valley of lake Mälaren) overlooked them. And possibly also missing CoBrA, in their opinion. But here I’m guessing, speculating and venturing into areas that are beyond my competence, even though the art historian Folke Edwards writes:

”The fact that [CO Hultén] did not receive the recognition he deserved from the capital’s art establishment is probably mainly due to the fact that he followed his own ’European’ and ’African’ path and did not follow the trendsetters’ American guide.” (Edwards, F. (2000), p. 124)

No, I will certainly not here - nor would I last week - or perhaps ever - venture into the higher spheres of art history or deal with the more or less serious artistic skirmishes that took place in Europe - and in Sweden - at the same time as World War II. And some time after that…

CO painting, hotel room in Paris 1947.

The Imaginist’s exhibits at Galerie du Babylone, Paris 1953.

At the drawing table, Åkerlund & Rausing, Malmö 1936.

No, I would find photographs of my father - or the artist Carl Ottofrom the time period 1937 - 1959. Also then found something elsethat beyond, elsewhere, aside, but still absolutely connected with...

Just as I was swept along in the tracks of the massive creativity, the intense creation that the works now up for auction bear witness to from the 1930s and 1940s, I was also swept along in a vertiginous mental timetravel with these images from the undeniable beginning . These glances. This context. The world that is there and our projection of seeing out of that world – out of these photographs.

At the top left is a photograph from 1915/1916 of the family (and hunting dog) – father Otto, mother Gunhild and older sister Greta (born 1910) – in which eventually Carl Otto Helmer will born into on October 9, 1916. Below this a photograph which according to text on the back is Carl Otto Helmer in 1917. Top right is Carl Otto and older sister Greta, probably 1920. Finally, bottom right, a section from a groupphotograph which is probably from about 1926 and makes it extremely understandable how it could come said that the nickname ”Putte” (Lilliputtian) arose.

So it is not only with some trepidation that I seek to manage and handle the artistic legacy, but also with a sense of responsibility for an entire family heritage and history. The extent of my artifact hoarding is not totally unlike my father’s. But there must be limits to saving...

I believe that now is both a urgent and appropriate time to, in a daring agreement with my father, pay tribute to the 150 works in this ”final selection 1937 - 1959” as a probably very real - and powerful - confirmation of how ”the dynamic avalanche that is set in motion by the artist, continues in the work process, progresses through the material, through the object’s relationship to the formal dress and to each other to finally roll on through the viewer. This expansion of movement begins every time a brush is put to the canvas and that is the strange thing – every time a work of art is viewed.” (bold by me) (Hultén, C.(1950), Lundagård, no. 6, p. 122).

Ib Hultén 02-13-2024

(See text in Swedish on the last pages in the catalogue)

Hultén, C.O. (1950). The postponed revolution , the journal Lundagård, no. 6, 15 April 1950, pp. 120–122.

Edwards, F, (2000). From modernism to postmodernism – Swedish art 1900–2000, The book publisher Signum, Lund. Kristianstads Printing house Ltd, Kristianstad.

Gunarsson, Torsten (ed), (2009). Caspar David Friedrich – the spirited nature, exhibition 2 October 2009–10 January 2010, National Museum exhibition catalog no. 660. Press Fälth & Hässler.

1529250. “Dödskalle”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated -33. Watercolor 15 x 19 cm

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529204. Untitled.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Oil on canvas 55 x 65 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 / EUR 540 (d)

1529209. Untitled. Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Oil on paper mounted on panel, image 65 x 50.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529218. “Stilleben med ansikte och kanna”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1930s.

Oil on panel 40 x 30.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529224. “Bland blommorna”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1930s. Ink on paper 35 x 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529229. “Huvud”.

1529227. “En början”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1930s.

Gouache on paper 16 x 12.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Also painted and dated 1930s verso.

Gouache and chalk 26 x 18 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529230. “Fruktens lockelse”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Ink on paper 23 x 23 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529233. “Offret”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Gouache on paper 24.5 x 21 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529241. “Amöbiska träd och varelser”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Pencil on paper 28 x 24 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529247. “Mötet II”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Oil on canvas mounted on panel 52.5 x 42 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529225. “Geometri”. Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1930s.

Oil on canvas 22 x 19 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529214. “Förvånat möte i nattens mummel”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1930s. Gouache and ink on paper 17.5 x 12 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529255. “Stilleben med flaskor och glas”.

1529252. “Järtecken”.

Signed with monogram and dated -37. Watercolor and gouache on paper image 30.5 x 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1937. Gouache on paper panel 69 x 55 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 / EUR 540 (d)

1529260. “Staden”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1937. Watercolor on paper 26 x 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529265. “Skiss till bolagsfönster”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated -37. Pencil on paper 11.5 x 16 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529263. “Balans”.

Signed CO Hultén. Also painted verso. Executed in 1937. Watercolor 17 x 15 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529267. “Vännerna”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1937. Gouache 25 x 19.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529270. “På väg”.

Signed Hultén and dated -37. Pencil on paper 20 x 17 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529279. “Hej och hå dansa på”.

1529274. “4 upp och 1 ner”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1937. Watercolor on paper 35 x 26 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1937. Crayon on paper 33.2 x 36 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529287. “Grubbel”.

1529283. “Hustaken”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1937. Crayon on paper 50.5 x 36 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

Signed CO.H. Executed in 1937. Also painted verso Image, seated figure 13 x 8 cm. Sheet size 32 x 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529290. “Biceps”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1937. Watercolor on paper 20 x 24.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529292. “Två figurer - skiss”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1937. Pencil on paper 28 x 23 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529295. “Rodden”. Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1937. Pencil and chalk 20 x 17 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529298. “Oväder”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated -37. Pencil and chalk on paper 20 x 17 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

Estimate: SEK 4 000 /

1529299. “Fågelns flykt”. Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in 1937. Pencil 20 x 17 cm.

1529301. “Från Croquisblock 1938, nr 10”. Signed Hultén. Executed in 1938. Pencil on paper 34.5 cm x 27 cm.

EUR 360 (d)

1529306. “Paret”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1938. Gouache 20 x 17 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529369. “Paret II - skiss till blyfönster”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Also painted verso. Executed in 1938. Watercolor on paper 22.5 x 26 cm.

Exhibitions: Studio Exhibition, Malm ö, April 2–10, 1939, No. 68.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529374. “Två huvud”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1938. Gouache and pencil on paper 22 x 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529389. “Pilking”.

Signed COH and dated -38. Gouache 10.5 x 15 cm.

Exhibitions: Studio Exhibition, Malm ö, April 2–10, 1938, no. 45.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 / EUR 540 (d)

1529391. “Marianne”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated 1938. Gouache, image 57 x 49 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529394. “Nature morte betraktas”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1939. Oil on panel 30 x 40 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529397. “Uppställning med skulpturhuvud”. Executed in 1939. Gouache on cardboard 101 x 70 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö konsthall. “CO Hultén, arbeten 1937–1982”, August 28 – October 10, 1982, no. 11.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 / EUR 540 (d)

1529402. “Till Lawrences Mexico”. Signed Hultén. Executed in 1939. Gouache on cardboard 109 x 71 cm.

Exhibitions: Studio Exhibition, 1940, no. 2. Malm ö konsthall, “CO Hultén arbete 1937–1982”, August 28 – October 10, 1982, no. 9.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 / EUR 540 (d)

1529406. “Varsel”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1939. Gouache on paper 20 x 14.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Studio Exhibition, 1940, no. 2.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529412. “Huvud”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1939. Mixed media 31 x 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529415. “Söker sig fram”.

Signed COH and dated -39. Mixed media on paper, image 13.5 x 13.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 / EUR 450 (d)

1529421. “Skiss till surrealistisk komposition”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1939. Pencil 14.5 x 11 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1533492. “Bestialisering”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1940. Oil on relined canvas 61.5 x 46 cm.

Exhibitions: Lund konsthall, “C.O. Hultén arbeten 1938–1968”, September 28–October 20, 1968. Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, “Vandra och fö rvandla”, November 17, 1978–January 7, 1979. Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982, cat. no. 16.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 / EUR 540 (d)

1529822. “Sjöslaget”.

Executed in the 1940s. Oil on panel 68 x 59 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529235. “I ljus och mörker”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1940s.

Gouache and ink, image 17 x 12 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529823. “Fågel vid pianot”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache 39.6 x 50.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529824. “Spelmannens längtan”. Indistinctly signed in the lower left corner. Executed in the 1940s.

Gouache on paper laid on board 53.5 x 46 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529825. “Fruktans lön”. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache on paper laid on panel 51 x 46 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529826. “Fisk eller fågel på min tallrik”.

Executed in the 1940s. Gouache on paper mounted on panel 70 x 45 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529827. “Månens last”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s.

Watercolor 21 x 27 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529828. “I de imaginistiska snåren”.

Executed in the 1940s. Oil on relined canvas 41 x 49.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529829. “Också på mitt bord”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache, image 29 x 49 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529831. “Imaginistisk skymning”. Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Frottage and ink 48.5 x 58 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529833. “Bortom den röda jäkeln”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Decalcomania 31.5 x 44 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529835. “Medan solen sakta sänker sig”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache 31 x 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529837. “Explosiv längtan”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache 26 x 21 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529839. “Locksånger”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Collage and gouache 20.5 x 27 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529838. “En sky av drömmar”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache and watercolor 20.5 x 27 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529840. “Labyrintens kärna”. Executed in the 1940s. Collage and chalk 20 x 23 cm.

Exhibitions: Moderna Museet, Malm ö, Sweden, “Oro och begäret CO Hultén”, February 25 – May 27, 2012.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529841. “Imaginär kung.”.

Signed COH. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache and ink on paper 17 x 8 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529842. “Hjulens blickar”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache 14 x 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529843. “Kvinna IV”. Signed CO. Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Mixed media on paper 22 x 14.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529844. “Staffliets eggelser”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1940s.

Ink 15 x 12.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529845. “Häpnadsväckande hypnos”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Pencil on paper, image 8 x 9 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529848. “Spiraliserat hjärta”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Decalcomania and gouache 24.5 x 26 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529849. “Innan det händer”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Decalcomania and gouache 19.5 x 32 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529850. “Fängslande skymningshorisont”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1940s.

Ink and chalk 23 x 30 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529851. “Snappa åt sig”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1940s.

Ink and watercolor 12 x 16.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529852. “På tråden”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Ink on paper 25.5 x 19 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529855. “Kom an!”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Ink and chalk 27 x 35.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529854. “Skymtande ansikte”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Ink and gouache 26 x 39.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529856. “Glasmålningens protester”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache and watercolor on cardboard 31 x 24 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529857. “Söka sin väg som tecken”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Watercolor 18.5 x 13.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529858. “Intet blottat”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1940s. Mixed media on paper 15 x 10.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529859. “Fågelde och erotiska äventyr”. Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache and ink, image 31 x 23.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529860. “Blinda mönster och lockelser”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s.

Perforated holes on paper 24.5 x 34.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529861. “Imaginistens dubbla drömmar”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache 23.5 x 34.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529863. “Under inverkan av månens sken”.

1529916. “Ristat gåtfullt bortom”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in the 1940s. Gouache and crayon on paper 34.5 x 50 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1941. Ink, chalk, and engraving, image 18 x 13 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529864. “Par i hästar”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1941. Gouache and ink 18 x 12.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529862. “Väntande kvinna”.

Executed in 1941. Oil on paper panel 70 x 51,5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1533763. “Kråkan-kanske i mottagningsrummet”.

Executed in 1941. Gouache on cardboard 22.5 x 32 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 500 / EUR 410 (d)

1529865. “Något tar gestalt”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1941. Gouache and ink 19 x 13 cm.

Exhibitions: Lunds konsthall, “C.O. Hultén arbeten 1938–1968”, September 28 – October 20, 1968.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529868. “Huvud med hjälm I - beredskapen”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated 1942. Watercolor 18 x 21 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529869. “Huvud med hjälm III”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated 42. Watercolor 25 x 35 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529874. “Inblick i villan”.

1529872. “Gubben i lådans lockelser”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1943. Gouache 30 x 21.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1944. Ink 48 x 59.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Konsthallen, Gothenburg, “C.O. Hultén arbeten 1938–1968”, November 2–24, 1968. Konstakademien, Stockholm, “C.O. Hultén arbeten 1938–1968”, January 11 – February 2, 1969. Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982, cat. no. 32.

Literature: Artur Lundkvist, “CO Hultén fågelsyner och urskogshot”

Sveriges Allmänna Konstfö rening, publication no. 92, 1983, p. 19.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529878. “Melankolikern inviterad”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1944. Ink on paper 49 x 59 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall , “C.O. Hultén arbeten 1937–1982”, August 28 – October 10, 1982, at. no. 31.

Literature: Artur Lundkvist, “CO Hultén fågelsyner och urskogshot” Sveriges Allmänna Konstfö rening, publication no. 92, 1983, p. 19.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529881. “Utflykt”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in 1944. Hand-colored lithograph 31.5 x 19 cm.

Literature: Thomas Millroth, “CO Hultén”, Signum, Stockholm, 2008, illustrated p. 74.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529883. “Mot frukternas fullbordan”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1944. Ink and gouache, image 18.5 x 15 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529889. “Gulles friare”. Signed Hultén. Executed in 1944–45. Watercolor and ink 14.5 x 11.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529884. “Tårar för en omvänd III”. Executed in 1945. Gouache 45.5 x 34 cm.

Exhibitions: Moderna Museet, Malm ö “Oron och begäret - CO Hultén”

February 25 – May 27, 2012.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529885. “Imaginistisk välkomst”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1945. Decalcomania 38.5 x 55.6 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, Malm ö, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, January 16 – March 6, 2016.

Literature: Exhibition catalog, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, January 16 – March 6, 2016, illustrated p. 29.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529888. “I rummets skådande”.

1529886. “Alla håll - alla sätt”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1945. Mixed media 15 x 21.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1945. Ink and watercolor 14 x 12.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529890. “Övervakaren”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1945. Ink on paper, image 38.5 x 32.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982, cat. no. 46. Liljevalchs konsthall, “Vandra och fö rvandla”, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, cat. no. 19.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529895. “Offerpelare”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Decalcomania 38.5 x 56 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982. cat. no. 35.

Literature: Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, January 16 – March 6, 2016, illustrated in the catalogue, p. 29.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529892. “Röd jäkel”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1945/46. Imprimage 49 x 60 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529899. “Det börjar hända”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated 1946. Ink and decalcomania, 45 x 59.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Co Hultén, “Vandra och fö rvandla”, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, cat. no. 29. Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529900.

“Dubbla lojaliteter”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Decalcomania 49 x 59.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529902. “Imaginistisk förnimmelse”.

Signed CO Hultén. Inscription verso “Punkt och prickar”. Executed in 1946. Decalcomania 39 x 49 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529905. “Befläckad”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Frottage on paper 60 x 49 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529909. “Lågornas systrar”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Frottage and pencil 48.5 x 60 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529911. “I dansens mitt”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Ink and gouache 29 x 15.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1530505. “Ingens domäner”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Frottage 28.5 x 38.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1533769. “Poesi till vardags”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Ink on newspaper page 56 x 45 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall,”C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1530503. “Magins strömningar”.

1529913. “Rum för vägfarare”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1946. Gouache, image 19.5 x 15.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Dated 1946–47 verso. Frottage and colored pencil 26 x 41 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529918. “Glada laxen”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1947. Gouache 36,5 x 29,5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529897. “Överlistad komposition”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated -47. Ink 51 x 75.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, “Vandra och fö rvandla”, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, no. 32. Malm ö Konsthall, “CO Hultén arbeten 1937–1982”, August 28 – October 10, 1982, no. 70.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529921. “Mullrande vila”.

Signed Hultén. Executed in 1947. Mixed media 12.5 x 14 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529915. “Blommande i vinden”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1947. Decalcomania and pencil 26 x 41 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529924. “Imaginistens bröder”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1947. Imprimage, gouache and ink 28 x 38 cm.

Exhibitions: Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, “Vandra och fö rvandla”, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, cat. no. 22. Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982, cat. no. 60.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529925. “Svartnande mot vitt-vittnande”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948. Ink on paper 38 x 51 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529926. “Nu tändas tusen juleljus”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948. Gouache 19.5 x 13 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529928. “Imaginationerna framkallas”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948. Imprimage 68 x 55.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Lunds Konsthall, “C.O. Hulténs arbeten 1938-1968”, September 28 - October 20, 1968, cat. no. 82. Konstakademien, Stockholm, “C.O. Hulténs arbeten 1938-1968”, January 11 - February 2, 1969, cat. no. 68. Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hulténs arbeten 19371982”, August 28 - October 10, 1982, cat. no. 147. Liljevalchs konsthall, “Vandra och fö rvandla - CO Hultén”, November 17, 1978 - January 7, 1979, cat. no. 479.

Literature: Exhibition catalog, “Vandra och fö rvandla - CO Hultén”, Liljevalchs konsthall, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, p. 29. Exhibition catalog, “CO Hultén arbeten 1937–1982”, Malm ö Konsthall, August 28 – October 10, 1982, catalog no. 82, p. 41. Thomas Millroth, “CO Hultén”, 2008, p. 88.

Estimate: SEK 3 500 / EUR 320 (d)

1529931. “Ljusfrätning”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948. Imprimage, image 37 x 56 cm.

Exhibitions: Lunds konsthall, “C.O. Hultén’s arbeten 1938–1968”, September 28 – October 20, 1968, no. 82. Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, “Vandra och fö rvandla - CO Hultén”, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, no. 483.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529936. “Luftburen poesi”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948.

Imprimage and oil 71.5 x 53 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1533700. “Svalkande imaginationer”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1948.

Imprint 72 x 53.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1533798. “Bladens egna drömmar - eller strålar”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1948. Imprint 69 x 49.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529938. “Kvällens imagination”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948. Imprimage and oil 72 x 51.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529935. “Främmande tecken under den heta dagen”.

Signed CO Hultén. Dated 1948/49 verso. Imprimage and ink 37.5 x 46 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529943. “Hit och dit - fram och tillbaka”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in 1948/49.

Photogram, image 16.5 x 20.3 cm, sheet 18 x 21.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529945. “Leka tittut”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in 1948/49.

Photogram, image 16.5 x 23 cm, sheet 18 x 24.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529948. “Markens hemligheter I”.

1529946. “Under månens inverkan”. Executed in 1948/49. Photogram, image 22 x 16.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, 16 January – 6 March, 2016, Skovhuset, Værløse, 19 March – 19 June, 2016. Lomma Konstfö rening & Lomma Museifö rening, Kraften, Lomma, “Minnesutställning – CO Hultén Hommage à Carl Otto, Putte & CO Eggelsens vägar 1916–2016”, 8 – 23 October, 2016.

Literature: Galeriein C, Helmut Grosse (ed.), “CO Hultén Retrospective on the Pictorial Work”, Cologne, 2003, p. 118. Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, “CO Hultén, The Swedish Cobra Painter”, January 16 – March 6, 2016, Skovhuset, Værløse, March 19 –June 19, 2016, illustrated in the catalogue p. 49.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1948/49. Imprimage, image 43.5 x 62 cm.

Literature: Thomas Millroth, “CO Hultén”, Signum, Stockholm, 2008, illustrated p. 88.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529950. “Bladen under månen”.

Stamp signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in 1948/49. Photogram, image area 23.3 x 16.9 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529951. “Att se igenom och bortom”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated -49. Gouache on paper 50 x 40 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529955. “Imaginistisk vila”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Imprimage and decalcomania 42.5 x 57 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529961. “Gåtfull morgon”.

1529960. “Tingens metamorfos”.

Stampsigned CO Hultén verso. Executed in 1949. Photogram, image 23 x 16.5 cm, sheet 24 x 18 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Imprimage, image 36 x 51 cm.

Exhibitions: Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, Skovhuset, Værløse January 16 – June 19, 2016. Lomma Konstfö rening & Lomma Museifö rening, Kraften, “Minnesutställning – CO Hultén Hommage à Carl Otto, Putte & CO Eggelsens vägar 1916–2016”, October 8 – 23, 2016.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, “Den svenske cobra-maler”, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, 2016, p. 46.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529963. “Kvällens värme”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Mixed media and imprimage 67.5 x 54 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529966. “Kosmisk imagination”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Gouache 39.5 x 49.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529971. “Helt upp i det blå”.

1529969. “Kosmisk moder - för jämförelse”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Pencil on paper 27 x 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Decalcomania and ink 32 x 25.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529972. “Som lågmäld lockelse till möte”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Imprimage and oil on paper 44 x 60 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529974. “Påmnner om något”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Imprimage and oil 60 x 44 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529975. “Stjärntydarens lockelse I”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Imprint 69 x 55 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529121. “Impulser, noteringar”.

1533799. “Förväntade skärmytslingar”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1949. Imprint 72 x 53 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1950. Mixed media on paper 44 x 55 cm.

Exhibitions: Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Co Hultén, “Vandra och fö rvandla”, November 17, 1978 – January 7, 1979, cat. no. 113. Malm ö Konsthall, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982, cat. no. 201.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529122. “Tårar för en omvänd II”.

Signed CO Hultén. Verso dated 1950. Gouache and engravings on paper, image 33 x 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529141. “Svenskt kvalitetsstål”.

Stamped signature CO Hultén verso. Executed in the 1950s. Gouache and collage on cardboard 11 x 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529135. “Heraldiskt tecken”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1950. Imprimage, crayon and gouache 53.5 x 43.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529147. “Flödande tecken med liggande”. Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1950s. Gouache and ink on paper 26.5 x 56 cm.

Exhibitions: Malm ö Konsthall, Malm ö, Sweden, “C.O. Hultén”, August 28 – October 17, 1982.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529151. “Utanför kroppen”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1950s. Mixed media 49.5 x 64.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 / EUR 230 (d)

1529156. “En kvinnas väntan”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1950s. Gouache on paper 12.5 x 25 cm.

Exhibitions: Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, March 19 – June 19, 2016.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, “CO Hultén, Den svenske cobra-maler”, March 19 – June 19, 2016, p. 51.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529180. “I ljuset inristat”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1950s. Gouache 18 x 27 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529158. “Magisk korsning”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in the 1950s. Gouache 26 x 19.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529161. “Stranden-Röd”.

Signed Hultén. Verso dated “Målad i ateljen i R ö d, Bohuslän Sommaren 1953”. Gouache on paper, image 20 x 23 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529163. “Hommage à Klee”.

Signed CO Hultén and dated Malm ö, Maj, 1954. Gouache and ink 20.5 x 21 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 500 / EUR 320 (d)

1529165. “Djurhuvud”. Stamped signature CO Hultén. Executed in 1954. Oil on canvas 13 x 24 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529167. “Skymningens löfte”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1955. Oil on relined canvas 27.5 x 23 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529187. “Brusten

längtan”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed 1956. Mixed media on paper 31 x 26 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 / EUR 360 (d)

1529190. “Underjordens leende”. Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1956. Gouache and pencil on paper 23 x 16 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

1529193. “Kaskader av drömmar”.

Signed CO Hultén. Executed in 1956. Mixed media on paper 26 x 33 cm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 / EUR 270 (d)

Uppskjutandets konst och fördärv –begynnelsen och fantastiska imaginationer

Det har varit oväntat svårt och återkommande uppskjutande för mig att skriva denna text till auktionskatalogen för CO Hultén Final selection 1937 – 1959 (Bukowskis 2024, 20 – 24 mars). Jag har haft många funderingar kring hur det kan komma sig. En del funderingar utöver en sedan länge existerande tendens att komma igång först i hotfull närhet av deadlines och sista inlämningsdatum. Funderingar som inrymmer både fria – rent spektakulära - associationer och mer välgrundade psykologiska hypoteser.

Finns något oroväckande i att avsluta? Inte helt bekvämt med ett ”slutgiltigt” urval? Borde inte allt helt enkelt bara sparas för evärdeliga tider?

Likafullt förefaller det ju knappast adekvat att i föreliggande katalog ägna texten åt frågan om varför den varit oväntat svår – och uppskjutande – för mig att skriva.

Så såg jag att det pågår en stor utställning med verk av Caspar David Friedrich (1774 – 1840) i Hamburg och tog mig för att plocka fram katalogen – som var en uppskattad present till pappa - från utställningen Caspar David Friedrich – den besjälade naturen på Nationalmuseum oktober 2009 – januari 2010.

Vid en första betraktelse kan det kanske tyckas märkligt att CO – och även andra imaginister/surrealister – uppskattade denna (romantiska?) målare från slutet av 1700-talet/början av 1800-talet. Sannerligen är dock hans verk många gånger fantasieggande och så finner jag ett citat som påminner om ett annat citat, från en annan konstnär. Caspar David Friedrich skriver:

”Slut ditt kroppsliga öga, så att du först blir varse bilden med hjälp av ditt andliga öga. Frammana så det du sett i mörkret på ett sådant sätt att det kan verka på andra utifrån och in.”

(Caspar David Friedrich, utställningskatalog 2009, s 7).

Nog finns det ett visst frändskap mellan denna ståndpunkt och den som uttrycks av pappa mer än 100 år senare i artikeln Den uppskjuna revolutionen:

”Iakttagelser från yttervärlden införes oavbrutet till den brygd ur vilken bildens essens kommer. Dessa blir aldrig illustrativt återgivna eftersom de smälter samman med den inre upplevelse… Det konstnären kommer att konkretisera kan därför anses vara en symbol för hela den inre bilden.” (Hultén (1950), Lundagård, nr 6, s 122).

Men nåväl; CO är ju ändå huvudsakligen modernist – inte romantisk traditionalist – kanske nästan postmodernist, så kanske ett besök på Moderna Museet och dess aktuella utställning Rosa segel – Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling kan vara inspirerande. Dock blir nog det som visas och framhävs snarast bortom det som inspirerade de unga konstnärerna på 1930- och 1940-talet i Malmö. Som bekant ligger ju Malmö mycket närmre Köpenhamn än Stockholm. Och kanske kunde också Paris eller Amsterdam kännas närmre Malmö än Stockholm, allt söderut, ”Malmö är närmre kontinenten” som pappa brukade säga.

Så mitt besök på Moderna Museet i Stockholm blev inte riktigt så inspirerande som jag något optimistiskt hade hoppats på. Kanske det påminde för mycket om upplevelsen av hur imaginisterna uppfattade att ”Mälardalen” förbisåg dem. Och möjligen också saknade CoBrA, enligt deras mening. Men här gissar jag, spekulerar och är ute på områden som ligger bortom min kompetens, även om konstvetaren Folke

Edwards skriver:

”Att [CO Hultén] inte fått det erkännande han borde av huvudstadens konstetablissemang beror sannolikt främst på att han gått sin egen ”europeiska” och ”afrikanska” väg och inte rättat sig efter trendsättarnas amerikanska vägvisare.” (Edwards, F. (2000), s 124)

Nej jag ska absolut inte här – eller skulle inte heller förra veckan – eller kanske någonsin - ge mig ut i de högre konsthistoriska sfärerna eller ta itu med de mer eller mindre allvarliga konstnärliga skärmytslingar som utspelade sig i Europa – och i Sverige – samtidigt med det II:a världskriget. Och en tid därefter…

Nej, jag skulle ta reda på fotografier av min pappa – eller konstnären Carl Otto/CO - från tidsperioden 1937–1959. Fann också något annat – det bortom, annorstädes, bortsides, men ändå absolut sammanhängande…

Så som jag sveptes med i spåren av den massiva kreativiteten, det intensiva skapandet som de nu på auktion utbjudna verken bär vittne om från 1930- och 1940-talet så sveptes jag också med i en svindlande mental tidsresa med dessa bilder från den oförnekliga begynnelsen. Dessa blickar. Detta sammanhang. Den värld som finns där och vår projektion av seendet ut från den världen – ut från dessa fotografier.

Överst till vänster är ett fotografi från 1915/1916 av den familj (och jakthund) – pappa Otto, mamma Gunhild och storasyster Greta (född 1910) – där så småningom Carl Otto Helmer ska födas in den 9:e oktober 1916. Under detta ett fotografi som enligt text på baksidan är Carl Otto Helmer 1917. Överst till höger är det Carl Otto och storasyster Greta, troligen 1920. Slutligen, nere till höger, ett utsnitt från ett gruppfotografi som troligen är från 1926 och gör det synnerligen begripligt hur det kunde komma sig att smeknamnet ”Putte” uppkom.

Så det är inte bara med viss bävan som jag söker förvalta och handlägga den konstnärliga kvarlåtenskapen utan även en känsla av ansvar för ett helt familjärt arv och historia. Omfattningen av mitt sparande av artefakter inte är helt olikt min pappas. Men det må finnas gränser för sparandet…

Jag tror att det nu är en både hög och lämplig tid att i en vågad samstämmighet med min pappa hylla de 150 verken i denna ”final selection 1937 – 1959” som en nog så verklig – och kraftfull – bekräftelse för hur ”den dynamiska lavin som sätts igång av konstnären, fortsättes i arbetsprocessen, går vidare genom materialet, genom objektens förhållande till den formella dräkten och till varandra för att slutligen rulla vidare genom betraktaren. Denna rörlseexpansion börjar varje gång en pensel sätts till duken och det är det märkliga – varje gång ett konstverk betraktas.” (min fetstil) (Hultén (1950), Lundagård, nr 6, s 122).

Ib Hultén 2024-02-13

Hultén, C. O. (1950). Den uppskjutna revolutionen, tidskriften Lundagård, nr 6, 15 april 1950, s 120 – 122.

Edwards, F, (2000). Från modernism till postmodernism –svensk konst 1900 – 2000, Bokförlaget Signum, Lund. Kristianstads Boktryckeri AB, Kristianstad.

Gunarsson, Torsten (red), (2009). Caspar David Friedrich –den besjälade naturen , utställning 2 oktober 2009 – 10 januari 2010, Nationalmuseums utställningskatalog nr 660. Tryck Fälth & Hässler.

CO with enamel painting, Gustavsberg 1962.

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