ALBERT ENGSTRÖM. "Game-Oscar".

Ink drawing, 20 x 15.5 cm. Monogram signed and dated 1889 Spel-Oskar Johansson, 1894-1978 born in Kongseryd and died in Hult. Oskar had to move into the poorhouse in Hult early on, but as a 13-year-old, when he got his Magdeburger game, he was able to earn his own money. The picture is deceptively similar to the cards found at Spel-Oskar, but according to the drawing, it was made before he was born. So who is this fiddler?

EXHIBITED Grisslehamn 2020 LITERATURE Bunches of grapes & fig twigs I: p. 240.
Göran Modig: "Albert Engström- 150 works", 2022, catalog no. 34.