European & British Art, Part I
European & British Art, Part I
Property from an Historic British Collection
Edvard Munch
Old Aker Church
Auction Closed
July 13, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Historic British Collection
Edvard Munch
Norwegian
1863 - 1944
Old Aker Church
signed and dated EMunch 1881 lower left
oil on card
Unframed: 26 by 20.5cm., 10¼ by 8¼in.
Framed: 37 by 31cm., 14½ by 12¼in.
Andreas Bjolstad Jnr, San Francisco (the half-uncle of Edvard Munch; Bjolsted was Munch's grandfather's son from his second marriage. He emigrated to America and settled in San Francisco, where he became the vice consul for Norway.)
Sale: Christie's, London, 8 October 1998, lot 2
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch, Complete Paintings, Catalogue raisonné, 1898-1908, vol. I, London, 2009, no. 39, p. 71, illustrated in color