Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927)
Interior from the living room at Kruuseminde with the Bech family at a table in lamp light. Signed and dated M.A. 9.12.11. Oil on canvas. 68×60 cm. Valdemar Kleis frame with label.
Exhibited: “Skagen i Herning”, Herning Congress Centre, 2002, lot 10.
Kruuseminde manor house at Korsør was owned by landowner Alexander Bech, whom Michael Ancher painted in 1911. That painting was exhibited at Charlottenborg 1912 no. 18 and was intended as a present to Josepha Vilhelmine Bech, his wife.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 673, 2000 no. 369. Bruun Rasmussen auction 893, 2020 no. 48.
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Paintings and drawings, 21 September 2021