AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849-1912)

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Lot 46 | AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849-1912)
AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849-1912)

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.
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