Förstudie till 'Sorg'

Details

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905)
Förstudie till 'Sorg'
oil on canvas
13 x 16 7/8 in. (33 x 43 cm.)

Provenance

Julia Bäckström, Äbo (in 1942).
Dr. Bertil Palmberg, Finland.
Thence by descent to Åke August Robert Palmberg, Finland.
Private collection, Switzerland.

Literature

B. Hintze, Albert Edefelt, Helsingfors, 1942, p.146, no. 707.

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Lot Essay

The present lot bears an inscription of authentication by Eltan v. Born, Julius Holmberg and Georg Lagerstrom (on the reverse). This work is considered to be a preliminary study for the artist's painting 'Sorg' in the Finnish National Gallery, where the composition changed dramatically, but the setting of two figures in the woods was retained.

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