LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

22.01 in. (55.90 cm.) (height) by 17.64 in. (44.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed with the initials VH (lower left)

Exhibited:

Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen,. Vilhelm Hammershøi , 1916, no. 20 (lent by William Heckscher). . (probably) New York, Adelson Galleries,. Danish Painting at the Turn of the Century , May 10 - June 29, 1991. . London, Royal Academy, . Hammershøi , June 24-September 7, 2008, cat. 32, illustrated in the catalogue. . Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art,. Hammershøi , September 30-December 7, 2008, cat. 32, illustrated in the catalogue. . Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung,. Hammershøi und Europa. Ein Dänischer Künstler um 1900 , 2012, no. 65, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature:

Alfred Bramsen & Sophus Michaëlis, . Vilhelm Hammershøi, Kunstneren og hans værk , Copenhagen & Christiania, 1918, no. 228, p. 99 (titled . Stue ). . Poul Vad,. Hammershøi. Værk og liv , Copenhagen, 1988, pp. 179 & 454, illustrated p. 188 . . Poul Vad, . Vilhelm Hammershøi . and Danish Art at the Turn of the Century , trans. Kenneth Tindall, New Haven and London, 1992, pl. 114, pp. 178 & 545, illustrated in black and white p. 179 . . Susanne Meyer-Abich, . Vilhelm Hammershøi: Das malerische Werk , PhD thesis, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, 1996, no. 197. Felix Kramer, Naoki Sato and Anne-Brigitte Fonsmark,. Hammershoi (exhibition catalogue), London, 2008, cat. 32, pp. 94 & 149, illustrated in color p.94. . Vilhelm Hammershøi at the Royal Academy: the poetry of silence in. The Guardian , London, June 25, 2008, illustrated in color. . Tom Lubbock, Vilhelm Hammershøi's show at the Royal Academy proves he should have been better known in. The Independent, London, July 20, 2008, illustrated in color. . Rachel Sloan, Exhibition Reviews, Vilhelm Hammershøi, London and Tokyo in. Burlington Magazine , September 2008, no. 51, p. 624, illustrated, and illustrated in color on the front cover. . Astrid Staufer, Das simultane Projekt/ The simultaneous Project in. Staufer & Hasler architekten/ Architects: Methoden/ Methods , Zurich, 2009, vol. 2, illustrated in color p. 16. . Royal Academy Education Department, "Picture in Focus," London, 2012, https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/. . . "Hubert Burda Media-Intranet," June 11, 2012, illustrated. . München Nordlicht in. Stern , June 14, 2012, illustrated. . Hammershøi und Europa in. Magazin Deutschland , June 15, 2012, illustrated. . Hammershøi & Europe in. International Art Exhibitions 2012 , June 15, 2012, illustrated. . Kasper Monrad et al., . Hammershoi & Europe (exhibition catalogue) Munich, London & New York, 2012, pp. 86 & 239; illustrated in color p. 88. . Kia Vahlanti, Idas Welt in. Süddeutsche Zeitung , Munich, June 15, 2012, illustrated. . Simone Dattenberger, In der Ruhe leigt die Kraft in. Oberbayerisches Volksblatt , June 15, 2012, p. 199, illustrated. . Alexander Altmann, Weltabgeschiedenheit im weichen Silberglanz in. Nürnberger Nachrichten , June 18, 2012, illustrated. . Christian Schröder, Meine Wohnung, meine Bühne in. Der Tagesspiegel , June 20, 2012, illustrated. . Lena Grundhuber, "Die Falte im Tischtuch in. Südwest Presse , June 28, 2012, illustrated. . Was passt zu… Vilhelm Hammershøi in. Weltkunst , June 2012, illustrated. . Dänischer Vermeer in. Hallo Münchener Kunst-und Kulturwelt, June-July 2012, illustrated. . Hammershøi und Europa in. Mundus Münchner Kunst- und Kulturwelt , June-July 2012, illustrated. . Verlosung von Eintrittkarten für die Ausstellung 'Hammershøi und Europa' in. Goethe Institut- Intranet , July 10, 2012, illustrated. . Birgit Kölgen, Dieser moderne nordische Vermeer in . Schwäbische Zeitung , July 31, 2012, illustrated. . Karl Prestele, Die Lyrik der absoluten Ruhe in . Bayerische Staatszeitung , August 17, 2012, illustrated. . . Bild, August 20, 2012, illustrated. . Maller der Stille. SJ Das Ausstellungs Magazin , August 2012, illustrated. . Vystava: Snovy sever v Mnichove in. Marianne, August 2012, illustrated. . "Munchner Kunstherbst' in. Kunsttermine, August-October, 2012 , illustrated . . Hypo Vereinbank, "Vilhelm Hammershoi, ein dänischer Künstler um 1900," illustrated. . "Ausstellung über Hammershoi in . Straubinger Tagblatt , September 8, 2012, illustrated . . Bridget Alsdorf, Hammershøi's Either/Or,. Critical Inquiry , Chicago, 2016, vol. 42, no. 2, p. 271-75, illustrated in black and white p. 273. . . At Home with Hammershøi (exhibition catalogue), Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, 2016, cited p. 56 & illustrated p. 58

Provenance:

Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist, 1901. . Private Collection, Denmark, acquired from the above by descent (sold: Sotheby's, London, June 20, 1989, lot 93, as . Interior with a Girl at the Clavier ). . Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale and sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 13, 1993, lot 184) . . Acquired at the above sale