Hilding Linnqvist With His Pencil as an Antenna to The World
Hilding Linnqvist With His Pencil as an Antenna to The World
| Author | Adam Rosenkvist, Emil Ivedal |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Art & Theory Publishing |
| ISBN | 9789198870596 |
| Idea Code | 250233 |
During his long life, Hilding Linnqvist (1891–1984) made around seventy trips to four continents. From these destinations there are thousands of drawings preserved by The Hilding Linnqvist Foundation in Stockholm. Linnqvist always carried sketchbooks in his pocket and for him drawing was a seamless extension of the sensory apparatus, capturing aspects of existence that neither the camera, the diary, nor the letter could access. In short: his pencil was an antenna to the world. This book makes a comprehensive overview of the travel drawings which until now have remained largely unexplored. It presents more than a hundred drawings, most of them reproduced on a 1:1 scale, as full spreads from the sketchpads. Starting from the first trip in 1920, the drawings lead from France to North Africa, India and Greece to finally return to Sweden.
| 240 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 25 cm, hb, Swedish/English |
Art & Theory Publishing
