Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue entry
no. 51
Grisslehamn
1913
Watercolor
11 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (28.5 x 47.5 cm)
Signed and dated: Widforss -1913-
Verso: "Till Gustav på bröllopsdagen av Widforss" trans. "To Gustav on the wedding day of Widforss"
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Image: Stockholms Auktionsverk
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Notes
Grisslehamn is an old fishing village In the area of Roslagenin in the northern archipelago. It was a popular vacation spot in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century for rich Stockholmers who would spend their summers there. The Widforss family spent summers in Grisslehamn. The artist Albert Engström (1869 – 1940) had a studio in Grisslehamn.
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Citation: Petersen, Alan. "Grisslehamn, 1913 (no. 51)." In Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project. www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=51 (accessed on October 4, 2024).