Art + Antiques: Featuring The Birger Sandzen Collection
Sat, Nov 23, 2019 01:00AM EST
Lot 70
Original Birger Sandzen Oil, Cedar and Red Rocks
Sold for
$110,000
Bid Increments
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| $5,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
| $20,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $2,500 |
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| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Birger Sandzen
(Swedish-American, 1871-1954)
Cedar and Red Rocks, circa 1922
Oil on canvas
36" x 48"
An large-scale canvas of the Garden of the Gods near Manitou, CO, executed in Sandzen's signature heavy impasto, depicting a lone cedar tree growing through the area's defining red sandstone formations. A smaller variation of very similar motif is depicted in Sandzen's oil Red Rocks and Cedars in the Garden of the Gods (1922-23), in the Spencer Art Museum's permanent collection, as well as Sandzen's drypoint Red Rocks and Cedars (Greenough, The Graphic Works of Birger Sandzen, Drypoints #3). Signed to the bottom right. In an attractive gold-leaf frame that measures 42 3/4" x 55".
Provenance: Purchased directly from Margaret Sandzen-Greenough and the Sandzen estate by a private collector in the Kansas City area. The present owner was a friend of the late Margaret Sandzen-Greenough, daughter of Birger Sandzen, and acquired a number of oils and prints directly from her between 1985-1992.
Very good condition, noting only a very minor amount of dry cracking to the paint layer, typical for impasto oils. The backing paper was not removed, but the canvas viewable through a triangle cut out of the paper appears to be perfectly stable. The frame is in excellent condition.
(Swedish-American, 1871-1954)
Cedar and Red Rocks, circa 1922
Oil on canvas
36" x 48"
An large-scale canvas of the Garden of the Gods near Manitou, CO, executed in Sandzen's signature heavy impasto, depicting a lone cedar tree growing through the area's defining red sandstone formations. A smaller variation of very similar motif is depicted in Sandzen's oil Red Rocks and Cedars in the Garden of the Gods (1922-23), in the Spencer Art Museum's permanent collection, as well as Sandzen's drypoint Red Rocks and Cedars (Greenough, The Graphic Works of Birger Sandzen, Drypoints #3). Signed to the bottom right. In an attractive gold-leaf frame that measures 42 3/4" x 55".
Provenance: Purchased directly from Margaret Sandzen-Greenough and the Sandzen estate by a private collector in the Kansas City area. The present owner was a friend of the late Margaret Sandzen-Greenough, daughter of Birger Sandzen, and acquired a number of oils and prints directly from her between 1985-1992.
Condition
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