European & British Art, Part I

European & British Art, Part I

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Property from a Swedish Private Collection

Helene Schjerfbeck

Girl against a Green Background (Dora)

Auction Closed

July 13, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Swedish Private Collection

Helene Schjerfbeck

Finnish

1862 - 1946

Girl against a Green Background (Dora)


signed with initials lower right

oil on canvas 

Unframed: 26 by 26cm., 10¼ by 10¼in.

Framed: 47.1 by 47.1cm., 18½ by 18½in.

Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid. Please refer to the online catalogue for information on irrevocable bids.

Mrs Kajala, Helsinki, by 1953; thence by descent (sale: Sotheby's, London, 6 June 2001, lot 35)

Åmells, Stockholm

Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2001

H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helena Schjerfbeck, Stockholm, 1953, p. 366, no. 655
‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years, exh. cat., The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, 1992, 2012, p. 267, catalogued and illustrated, no. 514
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Helene Schjerfbeck, 2014-15, illustrated in the catalogue