Bruno Liljefors
BRUNO LILJEFORS, Pencil on paper laid on board. Authenticated by Dr. Karl Asplund (1890-1978)
Study of the wing and head of a Sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). With a later inscription ”20/7 / 1930 / 300 f”.
Authenticated by Dr. Karl Asplund (1890-1978) ) ”Originalteckning av [Original drawing by] Bruno Liljefors intygas [is hereby authenticated] Stockholm 17.2-76”
44,3 x 66,7 cm.
Ej examinerad ur ram. Gulnad. Skadat papper, revor, fläckar, veck.
Muut tiedot
Perhaps a study for Liljefors Eagle and hare from 1904 (Thielska galleriet, Stockholm; M. Hill. Bruno Liljefors. The Peerles Eye, 1987, ill. pp. 110-11). Liljefors depicted Sea eagles on several occassions. His most famous depiction of Sea eagles is his monumental Sea eagles atacking a Diver at Sea, from 1897 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Dr. Karl Asplund, director at AB Bukowskis Konsthandel between 1929-1953, was a friend of Liljefors. Both shared an interest for hunting. Asplund modelled for Liljefors´s På rävpass [In waiting for the fox] from 1931 (70.5 x 100.5 cm., Private Collection, Sweden), a picture partly based on photographs of Asplund taken during a hunting tour (M. Hill. Bruno Liljefors. The Peerles Eye, 1987, p. 150, illustrating the photographs). Another drawing by Liljefors of an eagle spreading out its wing seen from above is in Nationalmueum (NMH 339/1941; 87 x 148 mm.; op. cit., p, 31, illustrated).