241. Vilhelm Hammershöi Denmark 1864-1916 A writing table and a young woman in an interior.

Signed VH. Painted in 1900. Canvas 47 x 48 cm.

• Department: International Art
• Auction: 7 December 2010, lot 241
• Viewing: 27 November – 5 December 2010

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• Estimate: SEK 3 000 000 - 3 500 000 / € 322 600 - 376 350
• Price realized:

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  SEK 3 025 000 / € 325 300

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Provenance

Earlier in the collections of dentist Alfred Bramsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Exhibitions

Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1900.

Commeter's Kunstausstellung, Hamburg, Germany.

Guildhall Art Gallery, London, "Exhibition of the Works of Danish Painters", 1907 (under the title "The writing table (with a young girl)", owner Dr. Alfred Bramsen).

Literature

Sophus Michaëlis and Alfred Bramsen, "Wilhelm Hammershöi -Kunstneren og hans vaerk", 1918, catalogued page 97 as number 202 (under the title "Stue").

Other

Frame on verso indistinctly inscribed: "Dr Alfr. Bramsen...".