Ivar Arosenius Swedish, 1878-1909
Orchestra (Orkester, Slottsskogen), 1903
Watercolour and gouache on paper
30 x 17 cm
11 3/4 x 6 3/4 in
11 3/4 x 6 3/4 in
Clase Fine Art
In this watercolour Arosenius offers up another example of his humorous interpretation of real or quasi-real events. The red nosed Master Sergeant plays his flugelhorn to the audience of a...
In this watercolour Arosenius offers up another example of his humorous interpretation of real or quasi-real events. The red nosed Master Sergeant plays his flugelhorn to the audience of a solitary beer-bottle. It is probably the day after the concert.
Slottsskogen park in Gothenburg still hosts concerts to this day.
Slottsskogen park in Gothenburg still hosts concerts to this day.
Provenance
Eva Arosenius, at least until 1928;Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 379, “Vårauktionen”, April 19-22 1967, lot 259;
Hans Erik Börjeson Collection;
His sale, Bukowskis Important Spring Sale, Stockholm, 2018, lot 306;
Where acquired by the present collector
Exhibitions
Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna (The Royal Academy of Arts),Stockholm, “Ivar Arosenius. Minnesutställning”, 1926, cat no 105;Galleri Färg och Form, Stockholm, “Ivar Arosenius (1878-1909)”, May 1944.
Literature
Asplund, 1928, p. 138 and ill Plate 1.Lagerlöw-Sandell et al., Ivar Arosenius, Ole Kruse, Gerhard Henning, Minnesbilder, Gothenburg, Rundkqvists Boktryckeri, 1956, p. 66