Vilhelm Hammershoi

Lot 32: VILHELM HAMMERSHØI

Name: VILHELM HAMMERSHØI
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 70d859e0dd

Est: £200,000 GBP - £300,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 11, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
DANISH
1864 - 1916
IDA STANDING AT A DESK
signed with initials VH lower right
oil on canvas
41 by 35cm., 16 by 13¾in.

Artist or Maker

Vilhelm Hammershoi

Exhibited

Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Mindeudstilling, 1916, no. 152
Modum, Blaafarvevaerket, The Magic of Quietness, Ida Lorentzen and Vilhelm Hammershøi, 2005, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue
Copenhagen, Ordrupgaad & Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Hammershøi-Dreyer, The Magic of Images, 2006-7, no. 18 (Copenhagen); no. 17 (Barcelona), illustrated in the catalogues

Literature

Alfred Bramsen & Sophus Michaëlis, Vilhelm Hammershøi. Kunstneren og hans værk, Copenhagen & Christiania, 1918, p. 97, no. 204, catalogued and discussed
Poul Vad, Hammershøi, Vaerk og liv, Copenhagen, 1988, p. 272, no. 177, illustrated
Philippe Delerm, Intérieur, Paris, 2001, p. 56, illustrated

Provenance

Sale: Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 24 May 1932, lot 66
Sale: Christie's, London, 16 March 1989, lot 124
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Auction Details

European Paintings

Sotheby's

June 11, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

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

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