2132/​8566

P. C. Skovgaard (b. Ringsted 1817, d. Copenhagen 1875)

“Sommeraften henimod solens nedgang. Motiv fra Gisselfeld”. A summer evening at dusk. View from Gisselfeld. Charcoal and wash heightened with white on paper. Visible size 42×57.5 cm.

The following is written on the reverse (in Danish): “A pencil drawing in ”Ebbe's“ P. C. S. sketchbook of the exact same motif, is inscribed July 72. All the sketches in this book, are from Gisselfeld 72, and a large part from Brødebæk Mill, although none of them carry this name. [...] are 26.6 and 21.10, the only one inscribed - Nysø Aug. 72”.

Literature: Gertrud Oelsner and Karina Lykke Grand (ed.), “P. C. Skovgaard-Dansk guldalder revurderet”, 2010, plate 31, reproduced on p. 254.

Exhibited: Skovgaard Museum in Viborg, “P. C. Skovgaard udstilling i 150 året for kunstnerens fødsel”, 1967. Exhibition label on the reverse; the drawing, however, is not included in the catalogue.

Condition

Mounted in passepartout. The paper has turned slightly brown. Examined in frame.

Additional Remarks

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Auction

Art on paper, 9 August 2021

Category

Prints & Drawings

Estimate

6,000–8,000 DKK

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