Helene Schjerfbeck
"Girl in green"
Signed H. Schjerfbeck and dated -28. Pastel, gouache, watercolour and charcoal on paper 34 x 42 cm.
Provenance
Doctor Blomquist, Stockholm.
The collection of Gösta Stenman, Stockholm.
By descent.
Bukowski Auktioner, Stockholm, Sale 413, "Vårauktionen", 23 - 26 April 1980, lot 343 (illustrated full page, Pl. 68).
Private collection.
Exhibitions
Stenmans konstsalong, "Helene Schjerfbeck. Utställning Canada och USA", 1948-1953.
Helsingin Taidetalo, Helsinki, "Helene Schjerfbeck", 11 July- 24 August 1980, no. 52.
Rettigska palatset, Turku, "Gamla mästare från Åbohem", 13 June-18 August 1991, no. 96.
Ateneum, Helsinki, "Helene Schjerfbeck", 2 February- 5 April 1992, no. 357.
(Probably)The Philips Collection, Washington D.C., "Helene Schjerfbeck. Finland's Modernist Rediscovered", 16 May-30 August 1992, no. 357.
(Probably)The National Academy of Design, New York, "Helene Schjerfbeck. Finland's Modernist Rediscovered", 23 September 1992-10 January 1993, no. 357.
Halosenniemi, Tuusula, "Kesähelteellä", 17 May-10 September 2006.
Villa Gyllenberg, Helsinki, "Om det andliga i konsten - Helene Schjerfbeck", 29 February-20 May 2012.
Literature
H. Ahtela, "Helena Schjerfbeck", 1953, no. 657, p. 366.
Lena Holger, "Helene Schjerfbeck", 1992, illustrated in colour, p. 229.
Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, "Helene Schjerfbeck", 2012, illustrated in colour p. 267.
More information
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