Siri Anders Carlsson

Details

Carl Larsson (1853-1919)
Siri Anders Carlsson
signed with the initials 'C.L.' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
18¼ x 12 3/8 in. (46.4 x 31.4 cm.)
Executed in 1897

Provenance

Doctor Carl-Anders Carlsson, Stockholm, to whom given by the artist in 1897, until 1985.
Anonymous sale, Bukowskis, Stockholm, 9-12 April 1985, lot 321 (part).
Anonymous sale, Beijers, Stockholm, 8 November 1988, lot 150.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

U. Neergaard, Carl Larsson signerat med pensel och penna Norstedts, Stockholm, 1999, no. 762 (illustrated p. 67).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The baby portrayed in this watercolour is Siri, the youngest child of the artist's family doctor, Carl Anders Carlsson. Siri was born in 1896 and this portrait was executed in 1897. The artist gave it to Doctor Anders Carlsson together with portraits of Siri's older sister Greta (born in 1893) and brother Gunnar (born in 1895). The three portraits remained in Doctor Carlsson's family until 1985, framed together in a triptych.

We are grateful to Ulwa Neergaard for her assistance in cataloguing this work.

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