Lot 221: Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916) Den Hvide Dør (The White Door) oil on canvas 24 5/8 x 21 ½ in. (62 x 55 cm.)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916)
Den Hvide Dør (The White Door)
inscribed, dated and signed 'Interior fra Karl Madsen's Bolig Lyngby/malt i 1888/v. Hammershøi' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 21 ½ in. (62 x 55 cm.)
Painted in 1888.

The artist.
Alfred Bramsen (1851-1932), Copenhagen, acquired directly from the above, 1891.
His sale; Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1 January 1904, no. 22 as Interiør. Den gamle Bilæggerovn, Lyngby 1898.
Hjalmar Hein (1871-1922), Copenhagen, acquired at the above sale.
(possibly) Christian Ludwig David (1878-1960), Copenhagen.
(possibly his sale) Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, 5-6 March 1953, lot 133a (erroneously catalogued as Michaëlis & Bramsen, no. 68).
Anonymous sale; Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 9 February 1954, lot 97, as Den gamle Bilæggerovn (erroneously catalogued as Michaëlis & Bramsen, no. 68).
Private collection, Sweden.