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Hugo Simberg

(Finland, 1873-1917)
Estimate
200 000 - 250 000 SEK
17 900 - 22 300 EUR
18 100 - 22 700 USD
Hammer price
320 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Hugo Simberg
(Finland, 1873-1917)

The wood chopper

Authenticated verso by the artist's wife Anni Simberg 15/11 1920. Executed in the 1890's. Watercolour 29.5 x 23 cm.

Provenance

The collections of Gösta Stenman, Stockholm.

Literature

Sakari Saarikivi, "Hugo Simberg. Hans liv och verk", 1950, compare various similar watercolours executed 1895-96, illustrated in black and white towards p. 32 ff.; (Ed.) Marjatta Levanto, "Hugo Simberg: Alfabet", Ateneum publication no. 15, Helsinki, 2000, compare the watercolour "Söndag" (Sunday), 1896, illustrated in colour p. 116.