Live Auction 17295European Art: 19th Century & Orientalist Art
Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905)
Lot 238 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION (LOTS 237-242)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905)

Förstudie till 'Sorg'

Closed12 December 2019

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GBP 18,750

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Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905)
Förstudie till 'Sorg'
oil on canvas
13 x 16 7/8 in. (33 x 43 cm.)

Julia Bäckström, Äbo (in 1942).
Dr. Bertil Palmberg, Finland.
Thence by descent to Åke August Robert Palmberg, Finland.
Private collection, Switzerland.

Specialist note

The present lot bears an inscription of authentication by Eltan v. Born, Julius Holmberg and Georg Lagerstrom (on the reverse). This work is considered to be a preliminary study for the artist's painting 'Sorg' in the Finnish National Gallery, where the composition changed dramatically, but the setting of two figures in the woods was retained.