Lot 30: VILHELM  HAMMERSHØI

PROPERTY  FROM  A  PRIVATE  COLLECTION
DANISH
1864  -  1916
IDA  READING  A  LETTER
oil  on  canvas
66  by  59cm.,  26  by  23¼in.

Copenhagen, Den frie Udstilling, 1900, no. 45
Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Mindeudstilling, 1916, no. 141
London, Connaught Brown, Northern Spirit, 1986
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Vilhelm Hammershøi, 2003, no. 21, illustrated in the catalogue
Modum, Blaafarvevaerket, The Magic of Quietness, Ida Lorentzen and Vilhelm Hammershøi, 2005, no. 44, illustrated in the catalogue
Copenhagen, Ordrupgaad & Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Hammershøi-Dreyer, The Magic of Images, 2006-07, no. 21 (Copenhagen); no. 16 (Barcelona), illustrated in the catalogues

Alfred Bramsen, ed., Vilhelm Hammershøi Arbejder, Copenhagen, 1900, no. 122
Alfred Bramsen & Sophus Michaëlis, Vilhelm Hammershøi. Kunstneren og hans værk, Copenhagen & Christiania, 1918, p. 96, no. 187, catalogued and discussed
Poul Vad, Hammershøi, Vaerk og liv, Copenhagen, 1988, p. 180, no. 115, illustrated
Philippe Delerm, Intérieur, Paris, 2001, p. 20, illustrated

Edmund Henriques, Copenhagen (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection (by descent from the above; sale: Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 2 May 1984, lot 63)
Sale: Christie's, London, 29 March 1990, lot 55
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner