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Olle BaertlingWW-1959-M070487
1959·Painted steel·9' 2 1/2" x 12' 4" x 58" (280.6 x 375.5 x 147.3 cm) at base 19 3/8 x 14" (49.1 x 35.4 cm)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1959
- Medium
- Painted steel
- Dimensions
- 9' 2 1/2" x 12' 4" x 58" (280.6 x 375.5 x 147.3 cm) at base 19 3/8 x 14" (49.1 x 35.4 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Olle Baertling
Artist

Olle Baertling
Painting
Olle Baertling was a Swedish abstract painter and pioneer of geometric abstraction in Scandinavia. Working primarily in the postwar period, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of angular, interlocking forms and vibrant color relationships that rejected both figuration and the gestural abstraction dominant in his era. His compositions emphasize the optical and spatial effects of geometric precision, often arranged in dynamic diagonal configurations. Baertling's rigorous formal investigations positioned him as a significant but understudied figure in the development of European constructivism and color field practice.
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- Olle Baertling
- Year
- 1959
- Medium
- Painted steel
- Dimensions
- 9' 2 1/2" x 12' 4" x 58" (280.6 x 375.5 x 147.3 cm) at base 19 3/8 x 14" (49.1 x 35.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1959-M070487
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- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
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