Lot 120: Akseli Gallen-Kallela , Finnish 1865 - 1931 Äiti ja lapsi (Mother and Child) watercolour and gouache on paper

Name: Akseli Gallen-Kallela , Finnish 1865 - 1931 Äiti ja lapsi (Mother and Child) watercolour and gouache on paper
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 17957014ee

Est: £18,000 GBP - £25,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 03, 2009

Item Overview

Description

signed, inscribed and dated AXEL GALLEN-KALLELA / MDCCCCVII RUOVESI lower left watercolour and gouache on paper

Dimensions

60 by 45.5cm., 23½ by 18in.

Artist or Maker

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Provenance

Verner Amell Ltd., London
Purchased from the above by the present owner circa 1999

Notes

PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH COLLECTOR
Executed in 1907, the figures in the present work derive from one of the frescoes that Gallen-Kallela painted for the Jusélius Mausoleum in Pori in 1903.

Auction Details

19th Century European Paintings including German, Austrian & Central European Paintings, The Orientalist Sale, Spanish Painting and The Scandinavian

Sotheby's

June 03, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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