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Provenance

Einar Reuter (a gift from the artist); thence by descent (sale: Christie’s, London, 24 March 1988, lot 135) Åmells, Stockholm Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2004

Exhibited

Helsinki, Konsthallen, Minneutställning , 1954, no. 162 Helsinki, Ateneum, Varianter och nyskapelser , 1962, no. 10 Stockholm, National Museum; Helsinki, Ateneum; Tampere, Art Museum; Turku, Art Museum; Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst; Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Målarinnor från Finland , 1981-83, no. 53 (Stockholm), no. 63 (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Copenhagen, Hamburg) Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; New York, The National Academy of Design, Helene Schjerfbeck , 1992-93, no. 464 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Lumière du monde, lumière du ciel , 1998, no. 176 Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years , 2012, no. 668 Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Helene Schjerfbeck, 2014-15, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helena Schjerfbeck , Helsinki, 1953, p. 344, illustrated as pl. 110, p. 370, no. 904 Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, ‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck , exh. cat, Ateneum Art Museum, 1992, p. 76, illustrated, p. 279, catalogued, no. 464 ‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years , exh. cat., Ateneum Art Museum, 2012, p. 51, illustrated, p. 327, catalogued, no. 668 Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Helene Schjerfbeck. And Nobody Knows What I am Like , Sulkava, 2000 (English translation, Helsinki 2002), p. 61, illustrated

Catalog summary

Property from a Swedish Private Collection Helene Schjerfbeck Finnish 1862 - 1946 Self-Portrait signed with initials lower right oil on board Unframed: 30 by 25.5cm., 11¾ by 10in. Framed: 51.1 by 46.6cm., 20 by 18¼in. Saleroom notice Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid. Please refer to the online catalogue for information on irrevocable bids. Provenance Einar Reuter (a gift from the artist); thence by descent (sale: Christie’s, London, 24 March 1988, lot 135) Åmells, Stockholm Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2004 Literature H. Ahtela (Einar Reuter), Helena Schjerfbeck , Helsinki, 1953, p. 344, illustrated as pl. 110, p. 370, no. 904 Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, ‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck , exh. cat, Ateneum Art Museum, 1992, p. 76, illustrated, p. 279, catalogued, no. 464 ‘Catalogue of Works’, in Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years , exh. cat., Ateneum Art Museum, 2012, p. 51, illustrated, p. 327, catalogued, no. 668 Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Helene Schjerfbeck. And Nobody Knows What I am Like , Sulkava, 2000 (English translation, Helsinki 2002), p. 61, illustrated Exhibited Helsinki, Konsthallen, Minneutställning , 1954, no. 162 Helsinki, Ateneum, Varianter och nyskapelser , 1962, no. 10 Stockholm, National Museum; Helsinki, Ateneum; Tampere, Art Museum; Turku, Art Museum; Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst; Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Målarinnor från Finland , 1981-83, no. 53 (Stockholm), no. 63 (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Copenhagen, Hamburg) Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; New York, The National Academy of Design, Helene Schjerfbeck , 1992-93, no. 464 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Lumière du monde, lumière du ciel , 1998, no. 176 Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, Helene Schjerfbeck. 150 Years , 2012, no. 668 Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Helene Schjerfbeck, 2014-15, illustrated in the catalogue