Viggo Johansen (b. Copenhagen 1851, d. s.p. 1935)
Interior with the artist's wife Martha in a coat and hat, seated. Study for a painting in the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Signed and dated Viggo Johansen 1893. Oil on canvas. 40×40 cm.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1920 no. 326. Charlottenborg, “Viggo Johansen. I anledning af hans 80-årige fødselsdag” (celebrating the artist's 80th birthday), 1931 no. 111, owned by the painter.
Provenance: The estate auction of the late painter Viggo Johansen, part II, Winkel & Magnussen 199, 1936 no. 31, reproduced p. 12. The collection of Hans Tobiesen, managing director, his auction, part II, Winkel & Magnussen 386, 1954 no. 28, sold for 850 Dkr.
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Danish and foreign paintings, 29 November 2010