AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA (1865-1931)

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Los 14 | AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA (1865-1931)
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AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA (1865-1931)

Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum

signed and dated 'AXEL GALLEN 1902' (lower left)

oil and tempera on canvas

29 ¾ x 56 3/8 in. (75.5 x 143 cm.)

Painted in 1902





Provenance

Karl Wittgenstein, Vienna, by whom acquired directly from the artist, for his son the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and thence by descent; their sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1985, lot 35.

Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

S. Wichman, Japonisme: The Japanese influence on Western art since 1858, London, 1981, no. 686, pp. 255 & 257 (illustrated).

M. Nedo & M. Ranchetti, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Sein Leben in Bildern und Texten, Frankfurt, 1983, p. 55 (illustrated in situ in the Roten Salon in the Alleegassee).

J-J. Lévêque, Les Années de la Belle Époque 1890-1914, Paris, 1991, p. 438 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Europäische Kunst um die Jahrhundertwende, March - May 1964, no. 157 (illustrated pl. 40; titled 'Winterlandschaft mit fünf Kreuzen' and with incorrect dimensions).

Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Lost Paradise: Symbolist Europe, June - October 1995, no. 125 (illustrated pl. 177, p. 154).

Helsinki, Ateneum, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, February - May 1996, no. 217; this exhibition later travelled to Turku, Art Museum, June - September 1996.

London, The Royal Academy of Arts, 1900: Art at the Crossroads, January - April 2000.

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Art Nouveau 1890-1914, April - July 2000, no. 26.7, p. 381 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art, October 2000 - January 2001.

Groningen, Groninger Museum, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, The Spirit of Finland, December 2006 - April 2007 (illustrated p. 220).

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wintermärchen, Winter-Darstellungen in der europäischen Kunst von Bruegel bis Beuys, October 2011 - January 2012, no. 172, p. 394 (illustrated p. 395; titled 'Herbst'); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, February - April 2012.
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