LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

17.72 in. (45.00 cm.) (height) by 21.65 in. (55.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Edelfelt 85 lower centre

Literature:

Finland, 28 May 1885; J. J. Tikkanen in Finsk Tidskrift, 1885, I, p. 394 ; Bertel Hintze, Albert Edelfelt, Helsinki, 1942, vol. I, p. 168, illustrated; vol. III, p. 71, no. 321, catalogued (titled Interiör från Arbetshemmet för gossar i Helsingfors); Marina Catani, Kansankuvausta ja työnteon iloa, Eino Valtosen kokoelma, Rauma, 2009, p. 33

Provenance:

Count C. M. Creutz, Åbo (acquired from the artist at the 1885 Finnish Art Society Exhibition); Sale: Bukowski's, Stockholm, 4-5 December 1914, lot 30; Gösta Fraenckel, Gothenburg (by 1942); Sale: Bukowski's, Stockholm, 28 October 1985, lot 9; Purchased at the above sale by the present owner