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Gustaf Fjaestad

(Sweden, 1868-1948)
Estimate
100 000 - 125 000 SEK
8 830 - 11 000 EUR
9 360 - 11 700 USD
Hammer price
140 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
Gustaf Fjaestad
(Sweden, 1868-1948)

"Racken i mitt hjärta" (Racken in my heart)

Signed G. Fjaestad and dated Vermland -05. Canvas 120 x 147 cm.

Provenance

Earlier in the collections of the Behrn family, Örebro, Sweden.

Designer

Gustav Fjaestad was a pupil of Bruno Liljefors and Carl Larsson. He became renound for his depictions of Swedish winter landscapes, often with glistening icecrystals and bubbling water by ice's edge, sometimes lit up by the setting sun, sometimes in scales of grey, white and purple. He also designed templates for woven wallpapers, furniture, and wrought iron. He is represented in major Swedish museums as well as in Vienna and Chicago.

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