235. Helene Schjerfbeck Finland 1862-1946 "Flickprofil i grön klänning" (Girl profile in green dress). (d)

Signed HS. Executed after 1933. Canvas 32 x 32 cm.

• Department: International Art
• Auction: 7 December 2010, lot 235
• Viewing: 27 November – 5 December 2010

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• Estimate: SEK 2 000 000 - 3 000 000 / € 215 100 - 322 600
• Price realized:

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  SEK 5 991 896 / € 644 300

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Provenance

Earlier in the collections of Surveyor of the Court Gösta Stenman.
Subsequently in the collections of Mrs Gerda Engström (purchased from the above 1942-1943, according to sales ledger No 2301/120 1943-1944 for Stenman Gallery).
Thence by inheritance within the family to the present owner.

Exhibitions

Stenmans konstsalong, Storgatan 10, Stockholm, "Helene Schjerfbeck -Exposition i Stockholm Hösten 1937", 12 September - the last days of October (the exhibition period was extended several times), n:o 1.
Stenmans konstsalong, Storgatan 10, Stockholm, "Helene Schjerfbeck -hyllningsutställning", 23 September - (23 October) 15 November, 1942, n:o 76.

Literature

H. Ahtela, "Helena Schjerfbeck", 1953, catalogued page 368 as n:o 758.

Other

On verso inscription in pencil: "H. Schjerfbeck, målad efter 1933. Gösta Stenman".