Hugo Salmson, oil on canvas.

"Les orphelins, à Scane (Suède)” (The Orphans). Oil on canvas 138 x 221 cm. Executed in 1884. Original frame manufactured in France. Salmson's drawing after the painting, used as basis for illustration in the catalogue for the Paris Salon 1884, enclosed.

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Provenance

With the artist until his death; the artist's deceased estate; Drouot, Paris, Sale, 23 September 1895, lot 3 (”Les Orphelins”); acquired at that sale by the Swedish artist August Hagborg (1852-1921); sold by him, around 1900, to Wholesaler Per Lamm (1854-1908), Paris; sold by his widow in 1939 to Institut Tessin, Bibliothèque et Musée d´Art Suédois à Paris, with them until 1945; Rapps konsthandel (Rapp's Art Dealership), Stockholm (sold in 1947); subsequently in a Swedish private collection until 2020.

Exhibitions

Salon de Paris, 1884 (under the title "Les orphelins, à Scane [Suède]”).

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Salon de Paris, 1884, illustrated p. 402 (reproduction based on Salmson's drawing after the painting); auction catalogue, Drouot, Paris, "Catalogue de Tableaux & Études par feu Hugo Salmson / Meubles, Objets d’art, tapisseries", 23 September 1895, lot 3 (”Les Orphelins”).

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