Fans
Signed with initials and dated 1885. Watercolor on paper, 55 x 35.5 cm. The portrait was created as an illustration for a book on fans "Med pensel och penna", by Ludvig Looström, published in 1885 by Captain Werner Silfversparre (1850-1930). The model is the wife of Captain Silfversparre.
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According to an inscription on the reverse, the present work was in the collection of Anna Silfversparre, thence by descent to her daughter Brita von Gerber née Silfversparre and then to her granddaughter Viveka von Gerber. Important American Collection
Theodor Blanchs Konstsalong, Stockholm, Sweden, "Konstnärsförbundets Utställning 1886", October - November 1886.
Ulwa Neergaard, Carl Larsson, Stockholm, 1999, vol. I, p. 81, illustrated; vol. II, p. 28, no 242, catalogued.
Carl Larsson painted Solfjädrar for an article on the fan by Ludvig Looström. The article was included in a book published by Captain Warner Silfversparre in 1885 titled "Med pensel och penna. En årsbok om svensk konst" (With Brush and Pencil. A Yearbook on Swedish Art). As well as Larsson, other artists contributed illustrations including Anders Zorn, Bruno Liljefors and Jenny Nyström. The elegant lady depicted is Anna Vilhelmina Silfversparre née Stahre. She married Silfversparre on 8 October 1884.