LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and graphite on canvas

Measurements:

14.57 in. (37.00 cm.) (height) by 14.17 in. (36.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials upper left

Exhibited:

Helsinki, Kunsthalle, 50th Anniversary Exhibition of Finnish Artists, 1943, no. 228. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Contemporary Finnish Art 1914-44, 1944, no. 196. Helsinki, Galerie Hörhammer, Wulff Collection, 1954, no. 76. Helsinki, Art Hall, Helene Schjerfbeck Memorial Exhibition, 1954, no. 76. Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1969, no. 11. Helsinki, Art House, Helena Schjerfbeck Memorial Exhibition, 1980, no. 30b. Helsinki, Ateneum; Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection; New York, The National Academy of Design, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1992-93, no. 250, illustrated on the catalogue cover. Helsinki, Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, About Spirituality in Art: Helene Schjerfbeck Anniversary Exhibition, 2012, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue (as Punainen pää II / Det Röda huvudet II). Helsinki, Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, Gems from the Wulff Collection, 2014

Literature:

H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helene Schjerfbeck, Stockholm, 1953, plate 59, illustrated; p. 362, no. 424, catalogued (as Det röda huvudet II). Helene Schjerfbeck 150 Years, exh. cat., Helsinki, 2012, p. 208, no. 357, catalogued & illustrated

Provenance:

Einar Wulff, Grankulla (acquired from the artist through Einar Reuter in 1916. Wulff, 1888-1978, inherited the stationery business founded by his father Thomas Fredrik Wulff, who opened his first stationery shop in central Helsinki in 1890. Einar was a prominent art collector who began collecting Finnish art in 1915; the present work was therefore among his first acquisitions); thence by descent to the present owner