Art + Antiques: Featuring The Birger Sandzen Collection
Sat, Nov 23, 2019 01:00AM EST
Lot 73
Original Birger Sandzen Oil, 'The Old Mill' (1929)
Sold for
$35,000
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Birger Sandzen
(Swedish-American, 1871-1954)
The Old Mill, 1929
Oil on canvas
22" x 28"
A view of a red mill before a poplar grove, set in the rugged Western landscape of Logan, Utah, applied in thick impasto typical of Sandzen's signature style. The mill also served as the subject of another Sandzen oil, The Red Mill (1929), in the Wichita Art Museum's permanent collection, as well as a watercolor in the collection of the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery.
Signed to the lower right. Written to the reverse in Sandzen's hand: "1929 / The Old Mill / Logan, Utah / Birger Sandzen / Lindsborg, Kansas". In a Carl A. Teed (Lindsborg, Kansas) painted wood frame that measures 27 1/2" x 33 1/2".
Exhibition history: Fastened to the reverse is a remnant tag from from the Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibit Paintings and Sculpture by the Society of Scandinavian American Artists, April 11th-May 15th, 1932. In addition to the work of Sandzen and his contemporaries, that exhibition featured a memorial of the work of Emil Carlsen. The Brooklyn Museum concurrently ran a large exhibition of the work of Carl Milles, the Swedish-American sculptor and dear friend of Sandzen.
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.
A little bit of dry cracking to the paint layer, typical of impasto oils. The ground layer is stable and the frame is in excellent condition.
(Swedish-American, 1871-1954)
The Old Mill, 1929
Oil on canvas
22" x 28"
A view of a red mill before a poplar grove, set in the rugged Western landscape of Logan, Utah, applied in thick impasto typical of Sandzen's signature style. The mill also served as the subject of another Sandzen oil, The Red Mill (1929), in the Wichita Art Museum's permanent collection, as well as a watercolor in the collection of the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery.
Signed to the lower right. Written to the reverse in Sandzen's hand: "1929 / The Old Mill / Logan, Utah / Birger Sandzen / Lindsborg, Kansas". In a Carl A. Teed (Lindsborg, Kansas) painted wood frame that measures 27 1/2" x 33 1/2".
Exhibition history: Fastened to the reverse is a remnant tag from from the Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibit Paintings and Sculpture by the Society of Scandinavian American Artists, April 11th-May 15th, 1932. In addition to the work of Sandzen and his contemporaries, that exhibition featured a memorial of the work of Emil Carlsen. The Brooklyn Museum concurrently ran a large exhibition of the work of Carl Milles, the Swedish-American sculptor and dear friend of Sandzen.
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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