EMIL LINDGREN YOUNG GIRL READING SWEDISH OIL PAINTING

Emil Lindgren
Swedish, 1866-1940
C1927 Interior Scene: Young Girl Reading Beside Candlelight
Signed: Emil Lindgren (lml) lower middle left. Inventory number: 113 – verso, Stockholm (in pencil) in artist hand on frame back.
Oil on Canvas
26.77 x 35.43 inches (90 x 68cm) in pencil in artist hand.

Condition report: Very good to excellent; 93% original surface paint. 7% in-paint. Slight edge wear, Dirt &Grime. Otherwise excellent.

Lot Note(s): For a nearly identical 'framed' example: See Uppsala Aukionskammare Lot: 84 with a presale estimate of $2000-3000 S. KRONA (frame is nearly identical).

Housed in its original hand carved gilt wooden frame with beaded border, and acanthus leaf design.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the Artist in 1927 by the previous owner's family and thence by descent.

Emil Lindgren
Swedish, 1866-1940 was active/lived in Sweden. Emil Lindgren is known for painting.
Lindgren has high auction records of $95,155 USD with a 76% auction sell thru rate, and only 29 examples offered.

Very good to excellent; 93% original surface paint. 7% in-paint. Slight edge wear, Dirt &Grime. Otherwise excellent.