Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
"Till Joy" (To Joy)
Signed GAN. Executed in Paris in 1922. Illustrated children's book comprising title page and nine full page illustrations in watercolour on paper, each measuring 29.5 x 25 cm.
Provenance
Gift directly from the artist to Joy (daughter of the composer Gösta Nystroem and the sculptor Gladys Heyman) on Christmas Eve 1922 in Paris.
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm, 1984.
Private collection, Sweden (acquired from above 1984).
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "GAN. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson. 1884-1965", 6 April - 20 May 1984, no. 164 (under the title "Julklappsbok till Joy").
Malmö Konsthall, "GAN. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson. 1884-1965", 29 June - 26 August 1984, no. 164 (under the title "Julklappsbok till Joy").
More information
Original covers with inscribed dedication from the artist included.