Carl Larsson
"Kvällen före resan till England" (On the eve of the trip to England)
Signed C.L. within a circle and dated 1909. Watercolour 51 x 73 cm. Original picture frame.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
International private collection.
Näyttelyt
Gothenburg, 1909.
Internationale Kunstausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, München, June - end of October 1909.
Ed. Schultes Kunstsalon, Berlin, November 1909.
Stockholm, May 1910 (based on information from Georg Nordensvan, the entire work "Åt solsidan" was exhibited on this occasion).
Konstföreningens för södra Sverige Carl Larsson-utställning, Malmö, 1910.
Ausstellung schwed. Künstler im Künstlerbund Hagen, Wien, September 1910.
Esposizione internazionale d'arte, Rom, March - November 1911.
Larensche Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, September 1912.
Carl Larsson-utställningen i Helsingfors och Åbo, (probably January and February) 1913.
Konstutställningen i Hudiksvall, 15 June - 31 July 1913.
Baltiska utställningen, Malmö, 15 May - 4 October 1914.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 20 February - 4 December 1915.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, "Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style", 23 October 1997 - 18 January 1998.
Kirjallisuus
The composition was one of the full page illustrations in colour in the publication "Åt solsidan", originally published in 1910.
Görel Cavalli-Björkman and Bo Lindwall, "The World of Carl Larsson", 1982, p. 154, illustrated.
"Carl och Karin Larsson. Skapare av ett svenskt ideal" (ed. Michael Snodin and Elisabet Stavenow-Hidemark), 1998, compare reproduction from "Åt solsidan", 1909, illustrated in colour p. 129.
Ulwa Neergaard, "Carl Larsson. Signerat med pensel och penna", 1999, catalogued under year 1909, p. 123, no. 1332.
"Baltic Reflections. The Collection of Malmö Konstmuseum. The Era of the Baltic Exhibition 1914", 2014, illustrated in interior photo, half page, p. 84.
Muut tiedot
The seated girl is Lisbeth, the fourth child of Carl Larsson, born in 1891. The painting shows her on the evening before a trip to England, full of expectation. She is sitting in the room with the 'flower window' at Lilla Hyttnäs in Sundborn, Darlecarlia, the home of the Larsson family from 1901.