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Helene Schjerfbeck(Finland, 1862-1946)
"Before Confirmation"
Hammer price
4 850 000SEK
Estimate
5 000 000 - 7 000 000 SEK

"Before Confirmation"

Signed H Schjerfbeck. Executed in 1891. Canvas 62.5 x 45.5 cm.

Provenance

The collections of Judge D. Sohlman, Fredrikshamn (won as a Prize in the Lottery of the Finnish Art Society 1892).
The collections of Professor H.R. Gadolin, Helsinki.
Private collection.

Exhibitions

Ateneum, Helsinki, "Exhibition of Finnish artists", 1891, no. 126.
Ateneum, Helsinki, "Spring exhibition of the Finnish Art Society", 1892, no. 52.
Ateneum, Helsinki, "100th anniversary exhibition of the Finnish Art Society", 1946, no. 261 (under the title "Confirmation Candidate").
Helsinki Art Hall, "Helene Schjerfbeck. Memorial Exhibition", 1954, no. 32.
Deposited in Atheneum, Helsingfors, 2013-2016.
The University Art Museum/Tokyo University of the Arts, "Helene Schjerfbeck: Reflections", 2 June - 26 July 2015.

Literature

H. Ahtela (alias Einar Reuter), "Helena Schjerfbeck", 1953, illustrated full page, fig. 23 and catalogued p. 359, no. 231.

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

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