LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

21.65 in. (55.00 cm.) (height) by 25.39 in. (64.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed H Schjerfbeck upper left

Exhibited:

Helsinki, Suomen Taideyhdistyksen näyttely, 1882, no. 47. Helsinki, Stenman Gallery, Helena Schjerfbeck 1879-1917, 1917, no. 60. Helsinki, Ateneum, Realismi Realismen, 1962, no. 163. Helsinki, Ateneum, Helene Schjerfbeck. Teemoja ja Muunnelmia, 1962, no. 15. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Målarinnor från Finland, 1981, no. 26. Helsinki, Ateneum; Tampere Art Museum; Turku Art Museum, Taiteilijattaria, 1981-82, no. 33/ 68. Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst; Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Seven Women Painters from Finland, 1983, no. 29. Helsinki, Ateneum, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1992, no. 59, illustrated. Åmot, Modums Blaafarvevaerk, To Malerinner, 1998, no. 53.

Literature:

H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helene Schjerfbeck, Helsinki, 1953, p. 356, catalogued; p. 43, fig. 9, illustrated. Lea Bergström and Sue Cedercreutz-Suhonen, Helene Schjerfbeck: Malleja, Helsinki, 2003, fig. 3, illustrated

Provenance:

Nikolai & Olga Kiseleff, Helsinki. Nadine Topelius, Helsinki (daughter of the above). Georg Topelius, Helsinki (son of the above). Acquired by the previous owner from the above