Nils von Dardel
"Den sönderslagna statyn II" (The broken statue II)
Signed Nils Dardel and dated Julafton 1917 with partly indistinct dedication: "till Nita Wallenberg med vänskap och beundran". Watercolour, heightening white and pencil on paper 35 x 22.5 cm.
Provenance
Originally in the collection of Mrs. Nita Söderlund (née Wallenberg) as a gift from the artist on Christmas 1917.
Bukowski auktioner (Bukowskis och Svensk-Franska) , Stockholm, Sale 409, "Höstauktionen", 30 November 1978, lot 281.
Private collection (acquired at the above mentioned Sale).
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Nils Dardel", exhibition arranged by Föreningen för Nutida Konst, September - October 1939, no. 83.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Nils Dardel", exhibition arranged by Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening in collaboration with Liljevalchs Konsthall, 25 March - 1 May 1955, no. 114.
Malmö Museum, "Nils Dardel från 1904 till 1924", November - December 1963, no. 68.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, February-March 1972, "10-talets bilder".
Literature
Karl Asplund, "Nils Dardel. I. Ungdomstiden 1888-1921", SAK, 1957, mentioned pp. 170 and 174 and illustrated full page, p. 173.
Karl Asplund, "Nils Dardel. II. De senare åren 1922-1943", SAK, 1958, catalogued p. 258.
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