Spinning (Spinnande Kulla)

Details

ERNST JOSEPHSON (STOCKHOLM 1851-1906)
Spinning (Spinnande Kulla)
indistinctly signed 'Ernst Josephson' (lower right)
oil and pencil on panel
10 ½ x 16 1⁄8 in. (26 x 41 cm.)
Painted in Orsa, 1873.

Provenance

Güsta Schultzberg, Gävle by 1956.
Anonymous sale; Bukowskis, Stockholm, 25 November 1998, lot 109, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

E. Blomberg, Ernst Josephson Konst, Stockholm, 1956, p. 219, illustrated.

Conditions of sale

Présenté par

Alastair Plumb Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art

aplumb@christies.com +44 (0) 20 7752 3298

Descriptif du lot

Josephson was fascinated by capturing interiors and revealing the lives of people he met on his journeys. Unlike his Norwegian paintings in this sale, this work was executed during his travels in Sweden. Usra is located in the northern part of lake Siljan, about 9 miles north of Mora, Dalarna County.

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