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Anna Ancher (b. Skagen 1859, d. s.p. 1935)

“I Haven”. In the garden. A young woman and a little girl in white summer dresses sitting on the white bench in the garden of Ancher's house. Signed A. Ancher. Oil on canvas. 54×65 cm.

Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1933 no. 5.

Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen Vejle auction 102, 2005 no. 37, ill. p. 6 and 7 (detail). Bruun Rasmussen auction 822, 2011 no. 12, ill. p. 17.

Here Anna Ancher has painted a young woman and a little girl, probably two of the Saxild daughters, who lived right next door, and whom both Michael and Anna often used as models, in the lush green garden of Ancher's house. Anna Ancher rarely painted actual landscapes, but often used the garden to depict the play of sunlight in colours and surfaces.

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Auction

Northern Light – the Artists' Colony at Skagen, 18 September 2023

Category
Estimate

400,000–500,000 DKK

Price realised

Not sold