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Jun 12, 2026

Zorn Achieves the Highest Price for a Swedish Work This Year at Important Spring Sale

The spring Fine Art season concluded with 12 lots exceeding SEK 1 million, including works by Anders Zorn, August Strindberg, Helene Schjerfbeck, Carl Larsson and John Bauer. The live auction also featured outstanding examples of works of art, carpets, silver and jewellery, alongside an Asian department presenting several distinguished collections.

The art department demonstrated a continued very strong market for works by classical masters. The top result of the auction was Anders Zorn’s painting "Hämta vatten" ("The Water Pails"), (1907), which sold for a final price of SEK 15.5 million. This made it not only the most expensive sale of the auction, but also the highest-priced Swedish artwork sold at auction in Sweden this season.

"Hämta vatten" ("The Water Pails") by Anders Zorn

Another highlight of the auction was August Strindberg’s "Enslingen" ("The Solitary One"), which achieved a final price of SEK 10.9 million. The work belongs to Strindberg’s notable output from the 1890s, a period when he returned to painting and developed an increasingly free and experimental style. With its expressive visual language and distinctive treatment of nature, “Enslingen” is considered one of the significant works that helped define Strindberg’s later artistic career.

Among the international artists featured was Joachim Beuckelaer, whose painting A fish market outside the city gate of Antwerp was offered at auction for the first time. The work attracted strong bidding and sold for a final price of just under SEK 7.4 million.

Other million-level results included works by Helene Schjerfbeck, John Bauer, Carl Larsson and Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski. The auction also achieved strong final prices for several works by Bruno Liljefors, Gustaf Fjaestad, Stefan Johansson and Pelle Swedlund.

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"Enslingen" ("The Solitary One") by August Strindberg
A fish market outside the city gate of Antwerp by Joachim Beuckelaer
Furniture and Works of Arts

The furniture and works of art department presented a carefully curated selection of Nordic and international masterpieces, featuring a wide range of techniques, materials and artistic expressions from different periods.

Among the highlights was a Baroque mirror by Burchard Precht, armchairs by Ephraim Ståhl, a mantel clock by André-Antoine Ravrio, and a pair of silver wine coolers by Pehr Zethelius, which sold for SEK 775,000.

The carpet department showcased works from various periods and origins. These included several carpets from the Motachem/Motaschem and Seirafian families, as well as several Agra carpets from the late 19th century. The section also presented an antique fragment of a West Anatolian saff, dated to approximately 1600–1750, an extremely rare type of object that seldom appears on the market.

Asian Sale

The Department of Asian Ceramics and Works of Art presented a wide-ranging selection of Asian art, with a particular focus on Chinese ceramics, decorative arts and Buddhist art. Highlights of the auction included several distinguished collections, among them the Wallenberg Collection, as well as million-pound results for a work by Lin Fengmian and a gilt-bronze figure of Guandi from the Ming dynasty.

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The Important Winter Sale is now open for consignments. Contact our specialists today for a valuation of your fine art and works of art for inclusion in this live auction or any of our other quality auctions.

Highlights from Important Spring Sale

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