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Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project

Catalogue entry

no. 8
Mont Salève
1904
Watercolor and gouache on board
8 11/16 x 11 7/8 in. (22 x 30.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: G. Widforss Mont Salève 04
Private collection
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Image: Bonham's & Butterfields
Provenance
Private Collection, Petaluma, California
Bonham's & Butterfield's, 2008
Live Auctioneers
Vintage Bank Antiques, Petaluma, CA, 2015
Private collection, 2015
Notes

Widforss was in Geneva from April through June of 1904.

In a letter to his mother dated May 24, 1904, Widforss tells his mother about painting on Mont Salève with a drawing of the railway and mountain in the margin of the letter.

Arve River in the valley below.

Additional Images
Mont Salève, 1904 (no. 8). Letter from Gunnar Widforss to Blenda Widforss May, 24, 1094
Letter from Gunnar Widforss to Blenda Widforss May, 24, 1094
Image: Alan Petersen
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Record last updated March 8, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Petersen, Alan. "Mont Salève, 1904 (no. 8)." In Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project. www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=8 (accessed on May 10, 2024).