Oscar Reutersvärd - "Impossible combination",
original color lithograph.
Signed and numbered 71/250
Total dimensions 30 x 21 cm.
Excellent condition, never been framed.
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Oscar Reutersvärd (1915 –2002) was a Swedish graphic artist, who in 1934 pioneered the art of 3D drawings that may initially appear feasible, yet cannot be physically constructed. He is sometimes described as "the father of the impossible figure".
In comparing his work to that of the much more famous artist of the impossible, M. C. Escher, it can be observed that Escher builds inhabited worlds around impossible objects, whereas Reutersvärd's designs generally consist of pure geometric forms.
Reutersvärd produced more than 2,500 figures. In the late 1960s, several books were published featuring his work, and he attracted a following, with many international gallery exhibitions. Through the 1980s and 1990s, he continued to develop impossible figures, filling many notebooks. Finally, in the mid 1990s, his work was prominently commissioned for several public buildings in Sweden, and the National Museum of Sweden and Museum of Modern Art of Stockholm both displayed his work.
In addition to his development of impossible figures, he was a designer of many public works in Sweden, including large sculptures, mazes and architectural features.