Ernst Josephson, ERNST JOSEPHSON, indian ink, oval, unsigned, probably executed around 1889.

ERNST JOSEPHSON, indian ink, oval, unsigned, probably executed around 1889.

"Bacchus". 22.5 x 18.5 cm. Including picture frame in porcelain circa 33 x 25.5 cm.

Tear, fold, yellowed.

Provenance

Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, "Konstauktion No 38", May 20 1943, lot 172 (illustrated in the catalogue, plansch XVIII); the collections of Managing director Charles Nilsson, no. 62 (acquired at the above sale); by descent.

Exhibitions

Föreningen för nutida konst, Stockholm, "Ernst Josephson. Oljemålningar, akvareller och teckningar från sjukdomstiden", Nov - Dec 1946, no. 61 (illustrated full page on the cover of the catalogue); Liljevalchs konsthall (Liljevalchs public art gallery), Stockholm, "Ernst Josephson. Minnesutställning", 1951, no. 321.

Literature

Rickard Bergh, "Ernst Josephson", avbildad; Ord och Bild, 1893; Gregor Paulsson, "Ernst Josephsons teckningar", 1918; Konstrevy, 1927; Erik Blomberg, "Ernst Josephson. Hans liv", 1951, illustrated p. 688.

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