LOT DETAILS

Materials:

charcoal, watercolour and gouache on buff paper

Measurements:

18.39 in. (46.70 cm.) (height) by 13.46 in. (34.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials 'HS' (lower right)

Exhibited:

USA & Canada (various selected locations), Helene Schjerfbeck: Memorial Exhibition, 1948-1953. Stockholm, Stenman Gallery, Helene Schjerfbeck, February 1954, no. 111. Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Arte Nordica Contemporanea, April - May 1955, no. 1251. Venice, XXVIIIeme International Biennale, 1956, no. 24.

Literature:

H. Ahtela, Helene Schjerfbeck, Helsinki, 1953, p. 371, no. 940. L. Holger, Helene Schjerfbeck, Helsinki, 1997, p. 74 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Gösta and Bertha Stenman collection. Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1958-60.