Vilhelm Hammershøi (b. Copenhagen 1864, d. s.p. 1916)
“Landskab. Sommer. Fra Ryet ved Farumsø.” Summer landscape. From Ryet near Lake Farum. The branches and leaves of the trees on the hillside stand out against the sky. In the foreground beeches. 1895. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 51×65 cm.
Sophus Michaëlis and Alfred Bramsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vilhelm Hammershøi no. 141.
Exhibited: Den Frie 1896 no. 34. “Kunst- og Industriudstillingen i Paris 1900” (a letter to the owner of the painting, Instrument Maker Hjorth, from Danish painter P. S. Krøyer, Chairman of the committee for the Danish participation in the Paris exhibition, is enclosed). Guildhall, London, “Exhibition of Works by Danish Painters”, 1907 no. 112. On the reverse of the painting there is an exhibition label from “Det Danske Kunststævne i ”Forum", Copenhagen, 1929, but the painting is not registered in the exhibition catalogue. Since the turn of the year 2006/07 and until now the painting has been exhibited at the Statens Museum for Kunst (The Danish National Gallery).
Provenance: Instrument Maker Emil Hjort, in his family since 1895 and until now. There is a difference of opinion regarding how Mr. Hjort acquired the painting, if the panting was specifically painted for him or if he bought it at art dealer Kleis's shortly after it was painted.
Mr. Hjort owned 4 paintings by Hammershøi. At the above-mentioned exhibition in Paris 11 works by Hammershøi were presented, three of these were Mr. Hjort's: The present landscape, the painting “Tre unge kvinder” (Three young ladies) from 1895, now at Ribe Kunstmuseum, and a dining room interior.
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Trésor - Anniversary auction, 18 November 2008