The letter scale 1923

Gosta Adrian-Nilsson painted "The Letter Scale" with oil on canvas and just looking at the painting I want to reach out and touch it. The application is so precise, it feels like each shape was carefully considered, like puzzle pieces falling into place. The colors are earthy, grounded, but those flashes of red gives it an energy. I love the way the artist uses line, not just to define shapes, but as an element in itself, crisscrossing the composition and creating a sense of depth. The central shape, that abstracted swan-like form, is so elegant and strange. I feel like its head is tilting in this way. It’s cool to see how Adrian-Nilsson’s earlier figurative work evolved into this kind of semi-abstract, geometric language. It puts me in mind of a connection to Fernand Léger’s work, with its hard-edged forms and focus on modern life. What do you think?