Sketch for "The Guardian Angel"
Signed C.L. and dated 1898 as well as with dedication: " 'just for fun' till vännen C.U. Palm sept 1898 Carl Larsson". Pencil on paper 51 x 39 cm.
Originally in the collection of Carl Ulrik Palm (1864-1954, owner of Bukowskis' 1900-1905), Stockholm (as a gift directly from the artist).
By descent.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson. Minnesutställning ", September - October 1953, no. 503.
Hjert & Hjert, "Carl Larsson. Graphic Works. A Complete Catalogue", 1983, compare with the etching "The Guardian Angel", catalogued and illustrated pp. 106-107, no. 41.
Ulwa Neergaard, "Carl Larsson. Signerat med pensel och penna", 1999, compare with the etching "Skyddsängeln", listed in the catalogue under year 1898, p. 75, no. 875.
The lot is a preparatory study for the etching "The Guardian Angel" executed in the same year.
One copy of the etching included in this lot.