Prins Eugen
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"En sista solglimt" (A last glimpse of the sun)
Signed Eugen and dated 1893 with dedication: "Till vännen Hasselberg till minne af Sundbyholm Juni 93". Canvas 58 x 70.5 cm.
Provenance
Originally in the collections of sculptor Per Hasselberg (gift directly from the artist).
The collections of doctor Bengt Boye, Stockholm.
Svensk-Franska konstgalleriet, auction, 1957.
Exhibitions
Konstakademien, Stockholm, "Mitt bästa konstverk. Konst ur Stockholmshem. Utställning till förmån för Rädda Barnen", 1941, cat no 176 (under the title "Motiv från Sundbyholm. First version of 'En sista solglimt' på Valdemarsudde").
Samlaren Konstsalong, Stockholm, 1944.
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, "Prins Eugen -Minnet av ett landskap", 5 June 1998 - 10 January 1999, cat no 101.
Blaafarvevaerket, Åmot, Norway, "Drömmesommeren Prins Eugen-Nikolai Astrup-Ulf Nilsen", 23 May - 20 September 2009, cat no 12.
Literature
Bo G. Wennberg, "Mitt bästa konstverk. En konsthistorisk översikt från utställningen 1941 å Kungl. akademien för de fria konsterna", 1942, illustrated full page, page 137 and mentioned page 141.
"Konst i svenska hem", vol. 3, mentioned and illustrated page 156 under collection 199; Doctor Bengt Boye, Eriksbergsgatan 1 A, Stockholm.
Hans Henrik Brummer, "Prins Eugen - Minnet av ett landskap", 1998, mentioned and illustrated in colour in the catalogue as no 101, page 283.
More information
The motif is painted in three versions, two of them are owned by the museum: Prins Eugens Waldermarsudde, Stockholm.
The painting was created during the stay at Sundbyholm in the summer of 1893, were the artist painted several of his most known pictures.