LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

13.58 in. (34.50 cm.) (height) by 23.43 in. (59.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials lower right

Exhibited:

Stockholm, Stenmans Konstsalong, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1944, no. 104. Helsinki, Artek Gallery, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1946, no. 7. Stockholm, Stenmans Konstsalong, Helene Schjerfbeck: in memoriam, 1946, no. 100. Ottawa; National Gallery of Canada, (and travelling in Canada and the U.S.A.), Helene Schjerfbeck, 1949-53, no. 35 (Ottawa; illustrated in the catalogue) & no. 19. Stockholm, Stenmans Konstsalong, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1954, no. 114. Helsinki, Art Hall, Helene Schjerfbeck Memorial Exhibition, 1954, no. 174. Venice, XXVIII Biennale, Padiglione finlandese, Helene Schjerfbeck: pitture, 1956, no. 23. Stockholm, Stenmans Konstsalong, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1958, no. 107. Stockholm, Stenmans Konstsalong, Helene Schjerfbeck Centenary exhibition 1862-1962, 1962, no. 101. Ekenäs/Tammisaari, Ekenäs museihall, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1965, no. 40. Stockholm, Stenmans Konstsalong, Helene Schjferfbeck, 1967, no. 69. Helsinki, Ateneum; Tampere, Art Museum; The Stenman Collection Then and Now, 1967, no. 119. Aalborg, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Finnish Exhibition: Helene Schjerfbeck, Tyko Sallinen, 1969, no. 69. Stockholm, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde; Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus; Gothenburg, Konstmuseum; Helene Schjerfbeck: Life and Art, 1987-88, no. 73, illustrated in the catalogue. Helsinki, Ateneum, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1992, no. 484, illustrated in the catalogue. Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection; New York, The National Academy of Design, Helene Schjerfbeck: Finland's Modernist Rediscovered 1992-93, no. 484, illustrated in the catalogue. Helsinki, Ateneum; Stockholm, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde; Gothenburg, Konstmuseum, Helene Schjerfbeck: 150 years, 2012-13, no. 693, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature:

H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helene Schjerfbeck, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 99, illustrated (as Citroner I masurskål); pp. 347-48, discussed; p. 371, no. 946, catalogued. Lena Holger, Helene Schjerfbeck: Och jag målar ändå. Brev till Maria Wiik 1907-1928, Helsinki, 2011, p. 125, illustrated

Provenance:

Gösta Stenman (1888-1947; acquired from the artist). Bertha Stenman (1890-1969; by descent from the above, her husband). Dr Herbert Bjerlöv (1901-1985), Stockholm . Åmells Konsthandel, Stockholm. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001