Carl Larsson (1855-1919)
The Witch's Daughter
signed and dated 'Carl Larsson/Paris 1881' (upper right)
oil on canvas
56¾ x 31½in. (144.2 x 80cm.)
Provenance
given by the artist to Mr. Aprin, Paris.
Edvard Berg, Paris, after 1912.
Literature
C. Larsson, Jag, Bonniers, 1931, p. 168.
C. Larsson, I Myself, English translation by A. B. Weissman, 1992, p. 93.
G. Nordensvan, Carl Larsson I, Stockholm, 1920, p. 69.
G. Nordensvan, Carl Larsson II, Stockholm, 1921, p. 222.
Lot Essay
Painted in Stockholm in 1880 and finished during the artist's second visit to Paris in 1881.