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Carl Wilhelmson

(Sweden, 1866-1928)
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200 000 - 300 000 SEK
19 200 - 28 900 EUR
22 100 - 33 200 USD
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Carl Wilhelmson
(Sweden, 1866-1928)

"Flickor som lagar segel, Bretagne" (Girls mending sails, Brittany)

Signed C. Wilhelmson. Executed in 1893. Canvas 64,5 x 59,5 cm.

Provenance

Earlier in the collections of the artist's sister, Miss Anna Wilhelmson, Fiskebäckskil.
Subsequently in the collections of director Falk Simon, Gothenburg.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Carl Wilhelmson -Retrospektiv utställning", 3-25 feb 1934, nr 32 (under the title "Flickor från Bretagne", owner Miss Anna Wilhelmson).
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Liljevalchs jubilerar", Svensk Konstkavalkad 1916-1956", 1956, nr 80 (under the title "Flickor som lagar segel, Bretagne", owner director Falk Simon, Gothenburg).

Literature

Axel L. Romdahl, "Carl Wilhelmson", SAK, 1938, reproduced half page as vignette, page 43 (under the title "Flickor från Bretagne"), mentioned pages 51-52 (under the title " 'Flickor från Bretagne' (lagande segel)" and catalogued page 206 under year 1893, nr 32.
"Falk Simons samling av målningar och teckningar -Katalog upprättad och redigerad av Nils Ryndel", 1955, catalogued page 21, nr 190 (under the title "Flickor som lagar segel, Bretagne") and reproduced full page, page 41.