Carl Wilhelmson
"Ana i sjuksängen" (Ana in her sickbed)
Signed C. Wilhelmson. Executed circa 1910-1912. Oil on panel 21.5 x 27 cm.
Provenance
The artist's family.
Exhibitions
Gothenburg, Sweden, 1912; Uddevalla, Sweden, 1916; Malmö, Sweden, 1916; Copenhagen, 1918; Stockholm, 1922; Uppsala, Sweden, 1924; Liljevalchs Konsthall (Liljevalchs Public Art Gallery), Stockholm, "Christian Eriksson - Carl Wilhelmson", 1955, no. 237 (under the title "Sjuk, Ana"); Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, "Carl Wilhelmson (1866-1928). Ljusmålaren från Bohuslän", 5 September 2009 - 31 January 2010, no. 42; Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden, "Carl Wilhelmson (1866-1928). Ljusmålaren från Bohuslän", 20 February - 8 August 2010, no. 42.
Literature
Listed in the artist's own catalogue, under year 1911, no. 180 ("Sjuk"); (Ed.) Göran Söderlund, "Carl Wilhelmson", 2009, illustrated full page in colour, p. 122.
More information
This adorable depiction of the artist's daughter Ana in her sickbed is a preparatory oil sketch for the larger composition "Mor och barn" (Mother and child, oil on canvas, 74 x 94 cm, sold at Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1990, private collection) from 1912.