A. Riis Carstensen (b. Sennels near Thisted 1844, d. Helsingør 1906)
View from Appat, Greenland, with inuits in kayaks. Signed A. Riis Carstensen. Oil on canvas. 76×110 cm.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 123, 1960 no. 56. Bruun Rasmussen auction 1415, 2014 no. 3.
Appat is an island in the Disko Bay in West Greenland. The colony Ritenbenk was established on the island in 1755. The island has been uninhabited since 1960.
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Paintings & drawings, 6 March 2023
Not sold