Helene Schjerfbeck, "Dora".
Signed HS. Executed in 1922. Charcoal and watercolour, 24.5x16.5 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Small stains.
Helene Schjerfbeck's good friend, patron, and doctor Erkki Calonius (1881-1936), Hyvinkää. Thence dy descent in the same family.
"Helene Schjerfbeck - The Years of Change, Hyvinkää 1902-1925", Hyvinkää Art Museum, 10.11.2001-10.3.2002.
H. Ahtela, "Helena Schjerfbeck", Helsinki, 1953, no. 566.
"Helene Schjerfbeck-150 years", ed. Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Ateneum Art Museum, 2012, no. 448, illustrated on p. 243.