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Elsa Beskow

(Sweden, 1874-1953)
Estimate
60 000 - 70 000 SEK
5 700 - 6 650 EUR
5 990 - 6 990 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
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)

"Herr Gråpäron kliver ur sitt träd" from "Lasse-liten i trädgården"

Signerad EB. Executed 1920. Watercolour 32 x 40,7

Provenance

The family of the artist.
Bukowski Auktioner, auction 531, 2-5 December 2003, lot no 79.
Private collection, Sweden, acquired from the above.

Exhibitions

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Elsa Beskow Vår barndoms bildskatt", March-May 2002, cat no 138.

More information

"Goddag, goddag, ja gunås så visst, på päron råder ej minsta brist. De börja dock bli mig så alltför tunga, och grenarna är inte längre unga, de kunna gå av, om de bli för trötta, hör Lasse, säg far, att han måste stötta."