European & British Art, Part I

European & British Art, Part I

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Property from a Swedish Private Collection

Helene Schjerfbeck

Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed

Auction Closed

July 13, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Swedish Private Collection

Helene Schjerfbeck

Finnish

1862 - 1946

Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed


signed with initials and dated 45 lower right  

charcoal and chalk on paper

Unframed: 41 by 33cm., 16 by 13in.

Framed: 61 by 53.5cm., 24 by 21in.

Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid. Please refer to the online catalogue for information on irrevocable bids.
Gösta Stenman, Stockholm; thence by descent to his grandson (sale: Christie’s, London, 29 November 1990, lot 15)
Rune Andréasson (1925-1999, creator of Bamse cartoons, purchased at the above sale)
Åmells, Stockholm (purchased from the above's estate)
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2004
H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helena Schjerfbeck, Helsinki, 1953, p. 372, no. 1003
Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, ‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck, exh. cat, Ateneum Art Museum, 1992, p. 298, catalogued and illustrated, no. 502
Lena Holger, Helene Schjerfbeck. Teckningar och akvareller, Stockholm 1994, p. 98, catalogued, p. 99, pl. 43, illustrated
Lena Holger, Helene Schjerfbeck, kvinnor, mansporträtt, självporträtt, landskap, stilleben, Helsinki, 1997, p. 110, catalogued, p. 111, illustrated
Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Helene Schjerfbeck. And Nobody Knows What I am Like, Sulkava 2000 (English translation, Helsinki 2002), p. 75, illustrated
‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years, exh. cat., Ateneum Art Museum, 2012, p. 352, catalogued and illustrated, no. 720
Helene Schjerfbeck, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London 2019, p. 54, referenced, p. 55, fig. 42, illustrated