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Ragnar Sandberg

(Sweden, 1902-1972)
Estimate
400 000 - 450 000 SEK
35 700 - 40 200 EUR
36 300 - 40 800 USD
Hammer price
300 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
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Ragnar Sandberg
(Sweden, 1902-1972)

"Tidningsläsaren"

Signed R.S and dated -39. Canvas 47.5 x 94.5 cm.

Provenance

Earlier in the collection of Gunnar Holmgren, Djursholm, Sweden.
Earlier in the collection of Gunnar Hjorthén, Gothenburg, Sweden (acquired in 1978).

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Skimrande västkust", 10 October 1986 - 11 January 1987, cat no 215.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Ragnar Sandberg", 26 October 2002 - 6 January 2003.
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, "Ragnar Sandberg", 8 February - 21 April 2003.

Literature

"Konst i Svenska hem", vol. I, band 8, listed p. 430 in collection 738: "Försäkringsdirektör Gunnar Holmgren, Väringavägen 2, Djursholm" (with the title "Tidningsläsare på restaurang").