"Kalkbrottet" (The Lime Quarry)
Probably executed in Montigny, France in September 1876. Oil on relined canvas 70 x 63 cm.
Sigge Björcks Konsthandel, Stockholm; the collections of Engineer Carl Robert Lamm, Näsby castle, Uppland, Sweden (acquired from above mentioned art dealer on September 1 1915); Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 226, September 28-29 1920, lot 8 (under the title ”Kalkbrott”, reproduced, Pl. 3); the collections of Mr Albert Sahlin, Eslöv, Sweden; the collections of Mr. Bo Sahlin, Eslöv, Sweden (by descent); the collections of Mr. Jan Sahlin, Stockholm (by descent); subsequently by descent within the family; Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 565, "Höstens Klassiska", December 2011, lot 60, Rolf Schmitz Collection.
Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden, "Carl Fredrik Hill -Retrospektiv utställning", 1933, no. 76 (owned by Industrialist Albert Sahlin, Eslöv); Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna (The Royal Academy of Arts), Stockholm, "Carl Hill -Minnesutställning", 1933, no. 75; Färg och Form, Stockholm, "Carl Fredrik Hill (1849-1911)", February 1943, no. 68 (owned by Managing director Bo Sahlin); Malmö Rådhus (Malmö Town Hall), Sweden, "Carl Fredrik Hill (1849-1911)", March 1943, no. 61 (owned by Managing director Bo Sahlin); Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Carl Fredrik Hill 1849-1911 -Minnesutställning", September - October 1949, no. 155a (owned by Mr. J. Sahlin, Stockholm); Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Nordisk Kunstforbunds utstilling "Carl Fredrik Hill 1849-1911", January 14 - February 12 1950, no. 18 (under the title "Kalkbrudd"); The Arts Council of Great Britain, London, "Carl Fredrik Hill 1849-1911", 1955, no. 2 (under the title "The Lime Quarry"); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, "Carl Fredrik Hill. Ein Schwedischer Maler 1849-1911", March - April 1955, no. 7 (under the title "Der Kalkbruch"), illustrated full page in the catalogue, p. 15; Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, "Carl Fredrik Hill 1849-1911", February 1956, no. 9; Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Carl Fredrik Hill", October 1 1999 - 16 January 16 2000, no. 31 (illustrated in colour in the exhibition catalogue, p. 214).
"Konst i svenska hem", vol. II:8, listed and illustrated p. 395 under collection 645: "Mr Bo Sahlin, Skansen, Eslöv"; Viggo Loos, "Friluftsmåleriets genombrott i svensk konst 1860-1885", 1945, mentioned p. 219 and also on p. 340; Erik Blomberg, "Carl Fredrik Hill. Hans friska och sjuka konst", 1949, mentioned p. 46 and illustrated full page, plate 9;
Adolf Anderberg, "Carl Hill. Hans liv och hans konst", 1951, illustrated full page, Plate 57 and listed in the catalogue p. 307 (under the section/chapter "MONTIGNY OCH FONTAINEBLEAUTRAKTEN: Juni 1875 samt juli och september 1876").
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