PEDER BALKE (HELGØYA 1804-1887 CHRISTIANIA)

Lot 20
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 20 | PEDER BALKE (HELGØYA 1804-1887 CHRISTIANIA)
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£ 200 000 – 300 000
PEDER BALKE (HELGØYA 1804-1887 CHRISTIANIA)
Fra Nordkapp (From the North Cape)
signed and dated 'Balke 1853' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on board
14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.7 cm.)




Provenance

Gallery Staffeliet AS, Oslo, 1975,
Acquired from the above by Eva and Per Saxegaard, Norway,
Acquired from the above by Mr. Aage Wahlstroem, Norway, in 2012,
Daxer & Marschall, 2016,
Acquired from the above in 2016 by the present owner.



Literature

J. Åke and B. Li, Natten i Norsk Maleri (Night in Norwegian Painting), Oslo, 2001, p. 10, illustrated.
D. Buchhart, M. I Lange, & K. Monrad. Peder Balke : ein Pionier der Moderne. Heidelberg, 2008.
M. I. Lange, K. Ljøgodt and C. Riopelle. Peder Balke: Visjon og Revolusjon, Tromsø, 2014.
M. I. Lange, K. Ljøgodt and C. Riopelle, Paintings by Peder Balke, London, 2014.
R. Smith, Wild Waves and Quiet Streets: 2 Artists Working From Memory, New York: New York Times, 2017.
E. Gordon & S. Holmes, (ed.), Seen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collection, London, 2023, pp. 40, 86-7, 121.



Exhibited

Tønsberg, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Norge, Night, 6 February 2001-9 September 2001.
Krems, Kunsthalle, Peder Balke - Pioneer of Modernity, 7 September 2008-15 February 2009.
Tromsø, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Peder Balke: Visjon og Revolusjon, 14 June-12 October 2014.
London, National Gallery, Paintings by Peder Balke, 12 October 2014-12 April 2015.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peder Balke: Painter of Northern Light, 10 April 2017-9 July 2017.
New York, David Zwirner Gallery, Seen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collection, 2 November-18 December 2021, unpaginated.
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