CARL LARSSON (STOCKHOLM 1853-1919 FALUN)
Brita vid pianot (Brita at the piano / Evening light at the piano)
Details
CARL LARSSON (STOCKHOLM 1853-1919 FALUN)
Brita vid pianot (Brita at the piano / Evening light at the piano)
signed and dated 'C. L. 1908' (lower right)
pastel and watercolour heightened with gouache on paper
38 x 24 7/8 in. (97 x 63 cm.)
Brita vid pianot (Brita at the piano / Evening light at the piano)
signed and dated 'C. L. 1908' (lower right)
pastel and watercolour heightened with gouache on paper
38 x 24 7/8 in. (97 x 63 cm.)
Provenance
Consul Carl Ossian Kjellberg (1875-1950), Gothenburg.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 26 March, 1982, lot 126.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 June, 2003, lot 215.
Anonymous sale; Uppsala Auktionskammare, Uppsala, 17 June, 2021, lot 720.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 26 March, 1982, lot 126.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 June, 2003, lot 215.
Anonymous sale; Uppsala Auktionskammare, Uppsala, 17 June, 2021, lot 720.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
U. Neergaard, Carl Larson, signerat med pensel och penna, Stockholm, 1999, pp. 117, 415, no. 1276.
Exhibition
Malmö, Konstföreningen för södra Sverige, Carl Larsson, 1910, no. 32.
Helsinki, Ateneum, Carl Larsson, 1913, no. 80.
Turku, Konstmuseet, Carl Larsson utställning, 1913, no. 77
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Invigninsutställning Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Anders Zorn, 1916, no. 80.
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Carl Larsson minnesutställning, 6 March – 5 April, 1920, no. 230.
Helsinki, Ateneum, Carl Larsson, 1913, no. 80.
Turku, Konstmuseet, Carl Larsson utställning, 1913, no. 77
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Invigninsutställning Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Anders Zorn, 1916, no. 80.
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Carl Larsson minnesutställning, 6 March – 5 April, 1920, no. 230.
Engraved
It is Carl and Karin Larsson's daughter Brita, sitting and playing the Malmsjö grand piano in the large studio at Lilla Hyttnäs in Sundborn. Of Brita, practically only the upper part of her head is visible, with the middle-boned arm and the red ribbons that hold the flats in place at each ear.
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Alastair Plumb
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