Helene Schjerfbeck
"Luktärter" (Sweet Peas)
Signed HS. Executed in 1908. Oil on canvas 35.5 x 40 cm. A portrait of a girl on the reverse.
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Provenance
(Probably) Art lottery, Helsinki; Mr. B. Grahne, Helsinki; Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 430, "Vårauktionen", April 9-12, 1985, lot 533; Åmells konsthandel, Stockholm; Adam Williams & Åmells; private collection.
Literature
H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), "Helena Schjerfbeck", 1953, mentioned p. 89 and listed in the catalogue, p. 361, no. 342; "Vårutställning 2004", exhibition catalogue, Åmells, Stockholm, illustrated full page in colour; "Helene Schjerfbeck", exhibition catalogue, Åmells, Stockholm, October 5-19, 2013, illustrated full page in colour.
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