LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

38.19 in. (97.00 cm.) (height) by 29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Eilif Peterssen / 91 lower centre

Literature:

Erik Wettergren, Scenerier, Stockholm, 1927, pp. 118-123; Geraldine Norman, 'Louvre seeks £3.2m to buy painting', in The Independent, 24 March 1988, p. 6, illustrated; Jan Kokkin, Eilif Peterssen. Mellom stemninger og impresjoner, Oslo, 2009, no. 317, pp.174 & 372 , illustrated (as Solskinn, Kalvøya (Magda syr))

Provenance:

Axel Kielland, Kristiania; C.J. Smedsrud, Moss; Robert Strand, Oslo; Sale: Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1988, lot 70; MacConnal Mason, London; Purchased by the present owner from the above in 1989