PER AXEL LUNDGREN, mixed media on weave & paper-panel laid down on plywood. Executed 1956.

Painted movie prop imitating a medieval church fresco painting depicting a dramatic scene with two people succumbing to the plague. From the Ingmar Bergman motion picture "The Seventh Seal", 1957. Total measurements (incl. frame) circa 147 x 154 cm.

Relined canvas. Repair. Minor damages. Scratchmarks. Wear. Loss of colour.

Provenance

Actor Gunnar Björnstrand (1909-1986), who played an important part in the motion picture "The Seventh Seal", 1957, through his performance as the squire Jöns (as a gift after the movie was completed).
Märta och Arne Wersén, Björkö, Sweden (as a gift from the above mentioned).
By descent.

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On display at Arsenalsgatan 2.

A very rare and highly important piece of set design from the internationally acclaimed motion picture "The Seventh Seal" (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.

Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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