Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project

Catalogue entry

no. 392

View of Menton from Cap Martin

Alternate title: Medelhavsmotiv

1911

Watercolor on paper

11 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (29.2 x 44.5 cm)

Signed and dated lower right: G. Widforss -1911-

Widforss family, Sweden

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Provenance

Pelle Widforss (1875 – 1925), eldest brother of the artist, Stockholm

Åke Widforss, Sweden (by descent)

Widforss family, Sweden (by descent)

Antonia Jacobaeus, Stockholm (by transfer)

Exhibitions

2018 Ljungbergmuseet

Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden, Gunnar Widforss - Akvarellmålaren, June 16–September 16, 2018. (Ljungberg, Sjöberg and Petersen 2018), no. 4, as Medelhavsmotiv.

Published References

Petersen 2013

Alan Petersen. "Gunnar Widforss: The Artist and the Myths." Rendezvous of Grand Canyon Historians (Flagstaff) (2013), ill. in b/w p. 246.

Ljungberg, Sjöberg and Petersen 2018

Ljungberg, Pontus, Fredrik Sjöberg, and Alan Petersen. Gunnar Widforss - Akvarellmålaren. Lungby: Ljungbergmuseet, 2018. Exhibition catalogue (2018 Ljungbergmuseet), ill. in color p. 15, as Medelhavsmotiv.

Notes

Widforss was in Menton in March 1911, and returned in November, to stay until May 1912. The postcard was sent by the artist to his mother on January 24, 1920.

Supplemental Material

Postcard

Vintage Postcard, Menton

(archive no. 6144)

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Keywords

Europe:
- France »
- Monaco and Cap Martin »
Europe & Tunisia:
- Menton »
Subject:
- Coast »
- Trees »

Record last updated October 31, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Petersen, Alan. "View of Menton from Cap Martin, 1911 (no. 392)." In Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project. www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=392 (accessed on April 25, 2024).