ID 1163418
Lot 46 | AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849-1912)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
Ruin
oil on board
15 3⁄8 x 10 3⁄8 in. (39 x 26.3 cm.)
Painted in Passy, Paris in 1894
Provenance
Captain Erik Nordenström, Gothenberg, by 1911, and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale, Norden, Stockholm, 6 December 1994, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Söderström, Strindbergs Måleri, Malmö, 1972, pp. 132-137, no. 74.
M. Borgström, Göteborgs-Posten, October 1994.
G. Söderström et al., Strindberg Painter and Photographer, Stockholm, 2001, p. 12 (illustrated).
G. Söderström, Strindbergs Måleri, Stockholm, 2017, no. 74, p. 193 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Gothenburg, Gnistan Culture Society, Frimurarelogens restaurang, 7 November 1894.
Gothenburg, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Retrospektiva Konstutställningen 1861-1911, June 1911, no. 225.
London, Tate Modern, August Strindberg: Painter, photographer, writer, February - May 2005, no. 15, pp. 32 & 33 (illustrated).
Stockholm, Bukowskis, Strindberg at Bukowskis, May 2012.
| Artist: | Johan August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Johan August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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