Property from an Important American Collection
Carl Larsson
Solfjädrar (Fans)
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December 15, 03:02 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important American Collection
Carl Larsson
Swedish
1853 - 1919
Solfjädrar (Fans)
signed with initials and dated 1885 lower centre left
watercolor on paper
Unframed: 55 by 35.8cm., 21¾ by 14in.
Framed: 60.5 by 42cm., 23¾ by 16½in.
Stockholm, 1886
Ulwa Neergaard, Carl Larsson, Stockholm, 1999, vol. I, p. 81, illustrated; vol. II, p. 28, no. 242, catalogued
Larsson painted Solfjädrar for an article on the fan by Ludvig Looström. The article was included in a book published by Captain Warner Silfversparre in 1885 titled Med pensel och penna. En årsbok om svensk konst (With Brush and Pencil. A Yearbook on Swedish Art). As well as Larsson, other artists contributed illustrations including Anders Zorn, Bruno Liljefors and Jenny Nyström. The elegant lady depicted is Anna Vilhelmina Silfversparre née Stahre. She married Silfversparre on 8 October 1884.
According to an inscription on the reverse, the present work was in the collection of Anna Silfversparre, thence by descent to her daughter Brita von Gerber née Silfversparre and then granddaughter Viveka von Gerber.
According to an inscription on the reverse, the present work was in the collection of Anna Silfversparre, thence by descent to her daughter Brita von Gerber née Silfversparre and then granddaughter Viveka von Gerber.
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