Viggo Johansen (b. Copenhagen 1851, d. s.p. 1935)
Evening party. Study. Signed V. Johansen. Oil on canvas. 60×73 cm.
A stamp from the artist's estate on the reverse of the canvas.
The present painting is a study for the painting “Mine Venner” from 1897, which is located at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München, here with the title “Meine Freunde abends bei mir” (An evening with visiting friends) (Inv. No. 8077).
The four men depicted are xylographer Hendriksen (1847–1938), painter Viggo Jastrau (1857–1946), director Karl Madsen (1855–1938), and painter Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917).
Provenance: Winkel & Magnussen auction 333, 1946 no. 191.
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Paintings and drawings, 6 December 2023