Description & Technical information

From Fjord to Forest, cat ref: 6

Date:  1850-55
Period:  1850-1900, 19th century
Medium: Oil on card
Dimensions: 45.5 x 33.5 cm (17⁷/₈ x 13¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Zürich, Sotheby’s, 27 May 2008, lot 3
Asbjørn Lunde (1927-2017), New York.

Literature: V.Anker, Alexandre Calame: Vie et oeuvre- Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Fribourg, 1987, no. 481, repr. p.402.

Exhibitions: Alpine Views: Alexandre Calame and the Swiss Landscape, Williamstown, Clark Art Institute, 2006, no. 86, not reproduced;
Forests, Rocks, Torrents: Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection London, National Gallery, 2011, no. 34, repr. p. 64.

Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints