Evening Silence
- Date
- c.1916
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 218
- Dimensions
- 19 5/16 × 29 1/2 in. (49 × 75 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Ford Foundation and Christian Stiebel, by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 126:2024
NOTES
Using tones of coral pink, lemon yellow, mint green, and sapphire blue, Swedish artist Anna Boberg created this twilight view of mountains and the sea in Lofoten in northern Norway. The swirling patterns and thick application of paint lend a sense of decorative abstraction to the picture. Boberg traveled to this remote region repeatedly, often working outdoors to capture the atmospheric effects of light reflecting off the bay. Despite this, Evening Silence was likely painted from memory in the artist’s studio.
Provenance
1916 - 2024
Private Collection, purchased at exhibition at Bergens Kunstforening from the artist; by descent [1]
2024
Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, England, purchased at Bukowski's, Stockholm, Important Spring Sale, June 12, 2024 (no. 657) [2]
2024 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Ben Elwes Fine Art [3]
Notes:
[1] Per inscription on the painting's stretcher, see incoming documentation and snapshot images [SLAM document files].
[2] Per dealer's catalogue note and Bukowski's sale catalogue [copy in SLAM document files].
[3] Invoice dated November 25, 2024 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Commissioners, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 25, 2024.
Private Collection, purchased at exhibition at Bergens Kunstforening from the artist; by descent [1]
2024
Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, England, purchased at Bukowski's, Stockholm, Important Spring Sale, June 12, 2024 (no. 657) [2]
2024 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Ben Elwes Fine Art [3]
Notes:
[1] Per inscription on the painting's stretcher, see incoming documentation and snapshot images [SLAM document files].
[2] Per dealer's catalogue note and Bukowski's sale catalogue [copy in SLAM document files].
[3] Invoice dated November 25, 2024 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Commissioners, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 25, 2024.
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