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Elsa Beskow

(Sweden, 1874-1953)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 580 - 4 470 EUR
3 630 - 4 540 USD
Hammer price
60 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
Elsa Beskow
(Sweden, 1874-1953)

"Dags visor" (The songs of Dag)

Illustrations (5). Signed EB. Watercolour. 22 x 23.5; 21.5 x 11; 20.5 x 14.5; 13.5 x 17 and 11 x 17 cm.

Literature

Jenna Oterdahl, "Dags visor och teckningar av Elsa Beskow. Musik av Alice Tegnér", 1911, cover and pages 12, 14, 27 and 29.

More information

The songs are: "Körsbär" ("Cherries") [p 14], "Lilla syster" ("Baby sister") [p 12], "Äta middag" ("Eating Supper") [p 29] and "Vinden" ("The wind") [p 27]. The boy lying on the grass is the cover illustration.