LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

35.43 in. (90.00 cm.) (height) by 46.85 in. (119.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Ernst Josephson Paris. 1883. upper right

Exhibited:

Paris,. Salon , 1883, no. 1283 (as . 14 juillet ). Copenhagen,. Scandinavian Art Exhibition , July 1883. Stockholm, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 1923, no. 74. Stockholm,. Ernst Josephson , 1943, no. 47. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm,. Opponenterna av 1885. Utställning till sextioårsminnet av det första moderna genombrottet i svensk konst , 1945. Stockholm, Liljevachs Konsthall,. Ernst Josephson, Retrospective Exhibition , 1951, no. 142. Stockholm, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde,. Ernst Josephson , 1991. Boras, Boras Konstmuseum,. Ernst Josephson , 1992, no. 42

Literature:

Gottfrid Renholm, 'Salonen i Paris', in . Göteborgs Posten , 19 May 1883. Carl Rupert Nyblom, in . Post- och inrikestidningar , 1883. Karl Warburg, in . Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning , 1883. Richard Kauffmann, in . Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning , 1883. Karl Wåhlin, 'Ernst Josephson 1851-1906', in. Misseteckning , II, Stockholm, 1912, p. 74, cited. Georg Pauli,. Ernst Josephson , Stockholm, 1914, pp. 30-31. Georg Pauli, . Opponenterna , Stockholm, 1927, p. 12. Sixten Strömbom, in . Konstnärsförbundets Historia , Stockholm, 1945, p. 166, discussed. Per-Olof Zennström,. Ernst Josephson , Stockholm, 1946, p. 134. Josef Paul Hodin & F.I. Percy, . Ernst Josephson, Malningar ur privata samlingar , exh. cat., Galerie St. Lucas, Stockholm, 1942, p. 28, no. 56. Erik Blomberg, . Ernst Josephson. Hans liv , Stockholm, 1951, p. 311-313, cited & illustrated. Erik Blomberg,. Ernst Josephsons konst , Stockholm, 1956, p. 149-50 cited & illustrated . . Paintings and Drawings by Ernst Josephson, 1851-1906 , exh. cat., Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis, New York, 1964-65, p. 22, cited. Per-Olof Zennström,. Ernst Josephson , Malmo, 1978, p. 93-95, cited & illustrated. Ingrid Mesterton et al., . Ernst Josephson (1851-1906), Bilder und Zeichnungen , exh. cat., Bonn & Bochum, 1979, listed under 1883. Henri Usselman, '14 juillet d'Ernst Josephson', in . Konsthistorisk tidskrift , 1983, pp. 75-82, discussed

Provenance:

Ellen Josephson, Stockholm (by 1942; Ellen, 1871-1965, married the artist's cousin John Josephson in 1892. Their collection also included Josephson's. The Postmaster in Bréhat , dating from the artist's breakdown, which they donated to the Stockholm Nationalmuseum in 1945). Sale: Nordén Auktioner, Stockholm, 17 May 1995, lot 102. Purchased at the above sale