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Helene Schjerfbeck

(Finland, 1862-1946)
Estimate
90 000 - 120 000 SEK
8 770 - 11 700 EUR
10 200 - 13 600 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
Helene Schjerfbeck
(Finland, 1862-1946)

My mother

Signed HS. Indian ink, indian ink wash and pencil 23 x 15.5 cm. Executed approximately 1909.

Provenance

Earlier in Mrs Hanna Appelbergs collection, Helsinki, Finland.

Exhibitions

Helsinki Art Hall, Finland, "Helene Schjerfbeck memorial exhibition", 1954, no 57.
Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland, "Helene Schjerfbeck", 2nd February - 5th April 1992, no 213.

Literature

Hanna and Eilif Appelberg, "Helene Schjerfbeck - en biografisk konturteckning", 1949, illustrated p. 112. There called "Olga Schjerfbeck" and dated approximately 1905.
H. Ahtela, "Helene Schjerfbeck", 1953, listed in the catalogue, no 357.
"Helene Schjerfbeck", exhibition catalogue, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, no 213, p. 162. There called "Min mor"(= My mother) and dated approximately 1909.
"Helene Schjerfbeck 150 years", ed. Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland, 2012, no 306, illustrated p. 183.