European & British Art, Part I

European & British Art, Part I

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Property from a Swedish Private Collection

Helene Schjerfbeck

Girl at the Gate

Auction Closed

July 13, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Swedish Private Collection

Helene Schjerfbeck

Finnish

1862 - 1946

Girl at the Gate


signed with initials upper right 

watercolour and charcoal on paper 

Unframed: 53.3 by 41.9cm., 21 by 16½in.

Framed: 76 by 65cm., 30 by 25½in.

Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid. Please refer to the online catalogue for information on irrevocable bids.
Gösta Stenman, Stockholm; thence by descent to his grandson (sale: Christie’s London, 29 November 1990, lot 6)
Åmells, Stockholm
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2012
H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helena Schjerfbeck, Stockholm, 1953, p. 371, no. 944
Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, ‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck, exh. cat, The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, 1992, p. 286, catalogued and illustrated, no. 482
Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years, exh. cat., The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, 2012, p. 336, catalogued and illustrated, no. 691