Johannes Larsen: "Springvandet". The Fountain. Signed with monogram and dated 1920. Oil on canvas. 95 x 126 cm.
Johannes Larsen (b. Kerteminde 1867, d. s.p. 1961)
“Springvandet”. The Fountain. Signed with monogram and dated 1920. Oil on canvas. 95×126 cm.
Exhibited: Johannes Larsen Museet, “Haven ved Havet”, 2017 and Sophienholm, “Johannes Larsens Have”, 2018.
Literature: Erland Porsmose, “Johannes Larsen, Menneske, kunstner og naturoplever”, 1999, reperoduced page 168.
Alhed og Johannes Larsens artist's home and garden on Møllebakken in Kerteminde served as an inspiring artistic meeting place and free space in the first decades of the 20th century. The garden and villa on Møllebakken can be considered a “gesamtkunstwerk” with plants, animals and buildings that the artists have developed and have been enriched by over the years. In the surrounding landscape there are several mills and the mill, Svanemøllen, was located on the land Johannes Larsen inherited from his parents. The shape of the mill is repeated in the layout of the fountain, just as there is an actual millstone down in the fountain.
This lot is part of our theme Nordic Masters.
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Condition: The canvas is relined. Minor crackles. In need of a light surface cleaning.
Category: Paintings
Additional Remarks: Please note: The item is subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In the event of a hammer price of DKK 50,000 or more, including buyer’s premium, the buyer must submit a copy of a valid photo ID and proof of address in order to collect the item.
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Johannes Larsen (b. Kerteminde 1867, d. s.p. 1961)
“Springvandet”. The Fountain. Signed with monogram and dated 1920. Oil on canvas. 95×126 cm.
Exhibited: Johannes Larsen Museet, “Haven ved Havet”, 2017 and Sophienholm, “Johannes Larsens Have”, 2018.
Literature: Erland Porsmose, “Johannes Larsen, Menneske, kunstner og naturoplever”, 1999, reperoduced page 168.
Alhed og Johannes Larsens artist's home and garden on Møllebakken in Kerteminde served as an inspiring artistic meeting place and free space in the first decades of the 20th century. The garden and villa on Møllebakken can be considered a “gesamtkunstwerk” with plants, animals and buildings that the artists have developed and have been enriched by over the years. In the surrounding landscape there are several mills and the mill, Svanemøllen, was located on the land Johannes Larsen inherited from his parents. The shape of the mill is repeated in the layout of the fountain, just as there is an actual millstone down in the fountain.
This lot is part of our theme Nordic Masters.
This lot is subject to Artist's Royalty.
Artist’s Royalty
In accordance with Danish copyright law, an additional royalty fee is to be paid for the purchase of works by contemporary Danish artist and some international artists who are either still alive, or who died within the last 70 years. × Read more
Condition: The canvas is relined. Minor crackles. In need of a light surface cleaning.
Category: Paintings
Additional Remarks: Please note: The item is subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In the event of a hammer price of DKK 50,000 or more, including buyer’s premium, the buyer must submit a copy of a valid photo ID and proof of address in order to collect the item.
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