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Elsa Beskow

(Sweden, 1874-1953)
Estimate
300 000 - 350 000 SEK
26 700 - 31 200 EUR
27 300 - 31 800 USD
Hammer price
420 000 SEK
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Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
Elsa Beskow
(Sweden, 1874-1953)

"Ekorrn satt i granen, skulle skala kottar"

Signed EB. Watercolour and indian ink on paper 38 x 28 cm.

Provenance

Originally in the collection of Mrs. Alice Tegnér, Djursholm (as a gift directly from the artist in 1903).
By descent.

Literature

"Mors lilla Olle och andra visor af A.T. Bilder af Elsa Beskow", 1903, illustrated full page in colour.

More information

Original illustration for the song "Ekorren", originally published in "Mors lilla Olle och andra visor af A.T. Bilder af Elsa Beskow", 1903.