AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849-1912) Blomman på heden (Flower of the Moor)
oil on board
19 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (49.6 x 30.2 cm.)
Painted in Stockholm in 1902
AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849-1912) Blomman på heden (Flower of the Moor)
oil on board
19 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (49.6 x 30.2 cm.)
Painted in Stockholm in 1902
A gift from the artist to his housekeeper. Private collection, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent. Anonymous sale, Bukowskis, Stockholm, 17 May 1993, lot 120. Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
G. Söderström, Strindbergs Måleri, Stockholm, 2017, no. 92 b, pp. 288 & 445 (illustrated p. 288).
London, Tate Modern, August Strindberg: Painter, photographer, writer, February - May 2005, no. 74, pp. 105 & 155 (illustrated p. 105). Bukowskis, Stockholm, August Strindberg at Bukowskis, May 2012, p. 71 (illustrated p. 70).
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