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Object Data

Medium

oil on canvas, mounted on board

Dimensions

overall: 92.2 × 73.5 cm (36 5/16 × 28 15/16 in.)

Accession Number

2024.6.1

Artists / Makers

Karin Bergöö Larsson (artist) Swedish, 1859 - 1928

Image Use

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Detail Information

Inscription

lower left: Karin Bergöö

Provenance

The artist; her parents, Adolf [1828-1890] and Hilda Sahlqvist [1837-1862] Bergöö, Hallsberg, Sweden; their son Per Bergöö [1864-1919], Kumla, Sweden; his son, Per Adolf Bergöö [1898-1984], Hallsberg, Sweden; Einar Werner [1899-1972], Stockholm; his son Mats Werner Mariefred, Sweden;[1] purchased through (Ben Elwes Fine Art, London) 2024 by NGA.

Bibliography

2012
Henriksson, Cecilia Sylvan and Patrick Gibson. Svart i Sverige. Stockholm, 2012: 49, repro.
2017
Miller, Monica L. "Figuring Blackness in a Place without Race: Sweden, Recently." ELH 84, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 381.
2021
Werner, Mats. Svarte Peder/Negern Petterson: från Cayenne till Nationalmuseum. Stockholm, 2021: 6, repro., 54, 86-87, repro.
2022
"The Artist's Model: Pierre Louis Alexandre." Athena Art Foundation. April 2022. Online resource, URL https://www.athenaartfoundation.org/pierre-louis-alexandre. Accessed 7 July 2024.
2023
Werner, Mats. "Pierre Louis Alexandre." Athena Art Foundation. April 2023. Online resource, URL:
https://www.athenaartfoundation.org/pierre-louis-alexandre-by-mats-werner. Accessed 7 July 2024.

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