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Sigrid Hjertén

(Sweden, 1885-1948)
Estimate
150 000 - 175 000 SEK
14 600 - 17 100 EUR
17 000 - 19 800 USD
Hammer price
250 000 SEK
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Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
Sigrid Hjertén
(Sweden, 1885-1948)

"Läsande flicka" (Reading girl)

Signed Hjertén. Executed in 1918. Canvas 22 x 33 cm.

Provenance

Konstnärens familj.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Expressionistutställning", catalouge no 12, May 1918, cat no. 362.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Sigrid Hjertén", 17 - 28 March 1995.
Norrköpings konsthall, "Sigrid och Isaac - Modernismens pionjärer", 3 March - 20 May 2002, cat no. 29. Illustrated in the catalouge.

Literature

Anders Wahlgren, "Sigrid Hjertén - en av Sveriges främsta konstnärer", 2008, avbildad i färg sid 100 (då angiven som utförd 1917).