Lot 11: HELENE SCHJERFBECK | The Fencer

watercolour, gouache and charcoal on paper

37 by 32cm., 14½ by 12½in.

watercolour, gouache and charcoal on paper

The artist's sheet has been laid onto board, which is ensuring a stable support. There is a minor 3cm horizontal faint tear towards the top of the right edge, and a small stain visible to the lower-left of the figure's chin, which may be inherent to the work. Otherwise this work is in good condition. Presented framed and glazed.
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Helsinki, Art House, Helena Schjerfbeck Memorial Exhibition, 1980, no. 42
Helsinki, Ateneum, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1992, no. 325, illustrated in the catalogue
Helsinki, Ateneum; Stockholm, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde; Gothenburg, Museum of Art; Helene Schjerfbeck 150 Years, 2012, no. 461, illustrated in the catalogue

H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helena Schjerfbeck, Stockholm, 1953, p. 365, no. 578, catalogued (as Fäktaren)
Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, '[...] Notes on Helene Schjerfbeck's relationship with works by other painters, particularly El Greco' in Helene Schjerfbeck 150 Years, exh. cat., Helsinki, 2012, p. 53, cited