Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture

Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture

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Property from the Olsen Collection

Edvard Munch

Karl Jensen-Hjell

Auction Closed

June 27, 06:01 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500,000 - 3,500,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Olsen Collection

Edvard Munch

1863 - 1944


Karl Jensen-Hjell

signed E Munch and dated 1885. (lower left)

oil on canvas

191.2 by 100.3 cm. 75 ¼by 39 ½in.

Executed in 1885.


This work has been requested for the exhibition Edvard Munch: Portraits to be held at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 20 March - 29 June 2025. 


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愛德華・孟克

1863 - 1944 年


《卡爾・詹森・耶爾》

款識:藝術家簽名E Munch並紀年1885(左下)

油彩畫布

191.2 x 100.3 公分;74¼ x 39½ 英寸

1885年作

Karl Jensen-Hjell, Norway (acquired from the artist in 1885)

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Dedichen (1863-1935), Horten, Norway (acquired by bequest from the above)

Claudius Lucien Dedichen (1867-1944), Norway (brother of the above; acquired by descent from the above)

Thomas Olsen, Norway (acquired by 1953)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Jappe Nilssen, "Edvard Munch," Kunst og Kultur, vol. 4, 1913, p. 87

Jens Thiis, Edvard Munch og hans samtid. Slekten, Livet og kunsten. Geniet, Oslo, 1933, p. 105, illustrated 

Christian Gierløff, Edvard Munch Selv, Oslo, 1953, p. 55

Ingrid Langaard, Edvard Munch. Modningsår, Oslo, 1960, fig. 3, p. 16, illustrated

Oscar Thue, "Edvard Munch og Christian Krohg," Kunst og Kultur, vol. 4, Oslo, 1973, p. 245

Ragna Stang, Edvard Munch. Mennesket og kunstneren, Oslo, 1977, fig. 61, p. 50, illustrated

P. Hodin, Edvard Munch, London, 1977, no. 24, p. 37, illustrated

Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch. Peintures – Esquisses – Etudes, Paris, 1983, no. 72, p. 41, illustrated

Reinhold Heller, Munch. His Life and Work, London, 1984, fig. 19, p. 31, illustrated

Arne Eggum, Munch and Photography, New Haven and London, 1989, p. 25

Alf Bøe, Edvard Munch, Oslo, 1992, no. 4, p. 13, illustrated in colour

Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath, “Die Frage nach dem Menschen. Porträtmalerei um 1900 am Beispiel Ferdinand Hodlers und Edvard Munchs,” Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte, vol. 51, Issue 4, 1994, fig. 4, p. 298, illustrated

Frank Høifødt, “The Kristiania bohemia reflected in the art of the young Edvard Munch,” Erik Mørstad, ed., Edvard Munch. An Anthology, Oslo, 2006, p. 23

Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch, Complete Paintings, Catalogue raisonné, 1880-1897, vol. I, London, 2008, no. 122, p. 139, illustrated in colour

Sue Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, London and New Haven, 2019, fig. 34, illustrated


Kristiania, Nationalgalleriet, Den 2den aarlige Kunstudstilling, 1885, no. 72b (titled Portræt)

Kristiania, Studentersamfundets lille sal, Edv. Munchs Maleriudstilling, 1889, no. 40 

Kristiania, Juveler Tostrups Gaard, Edvard Munchs maleriudstilling, 1892, no. 41 (titled Portræt)

Berlin, Verein Berliner Künstler. Architektenhaus; Dusseldorf, Eduard Schulte and Cologne, Eduard Schulte, Sonderausstellung des Malers Eduard Munch, 1892, no. 50 (titled Portrait von Maler Jensen)

Berlin, Equitable-Palast, Sonderausstellung des Malers Eduard Munch, 1892-93, no. 49 (titled Portrait von Maler Jensen)

Copenhagen, Georg Kleis. Skandinavisk Kunstudstillings lokaler, Eduard Munch’s samlede arbejder, 1893, no. 49 (titled Portræt von Maler Jensen

Breslau, Kunstverein Lichtenberg; Dresden, Theodor Lichtenberg Nachfolger. Victoriahaus and Munich, Kunstverein Lichtenberg, Sonderausstellung des Malers Eduard Munch, 1893, no. 48 (titled Portrait von Maler Jensen

Stockholm, Galerie Blanch i Konstforeningens locale, Edvard Munchs utställning, 1894, no. 8 

Kristiania, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Portrætudstilling, 1910 

Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Edvard Munch, 1927, no. 18 (titled Maleren Jensen Hjell. Helfigur portræt)

Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Høstutstillingen gjennom de forste 25 ar, 1882-1907, 1932, no. 198

Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Edvard Munch utstilling: Malerier, akvareller, tegninger, grafik, 1951, no. 31, illustrated in the catalogue

Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Edvard Munch, 1952, no. 1

Sāo Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sāo Paulo, Il Bienal, 1953-54, no. 1 (titled Retrato de um pintor)

Venice, La biennale di Venezia, 1954, no. 4

Munich, Haus der Kunst München and Cologne, Wallraff-Richartz-Museum, Ausstellung Edvard Munch, 1954-55, no. 5

Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst and Odense, Fyn Stiftsmuseum, Kunstforeningens Edvard Munch udstilling, 1955, no. 5

Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Edvard Munch, 1958, no. 2, illustrated

Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Edvard Munch. Wiener Festwochen, 1959, no. 2, illustrated

Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe, Edvard Munch malarstwo i grafika, 1959, no. II, illustrated

Frankfurt am Main, Steinernes Haus, Römerberg, Edvard Munch, 1962-63, no. 1, illustrated

Oslo Nasjonalgalleriet, Jubileumsutstilling 1814-1964, 1964, no. 52

Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 150 Jahre Norwegische Malerei, 1964, no. 54

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Edvard Munch, 1965-66, no. 4, p. 28, illustrated

Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Edvard Munch, 1968, no. 4

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Höjdpunkter i norsk konst, 1968, no. 231

Århus, Åarhus Kunstmuseum, Edvard Munch, 1975, no. 150, pl. 35, illustrated in the catalogue

Humblebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Edvard Munch, 1975-76, (exhibition catalogue published in Louisiana Revy, no. 16, October 1975), no. 1 (with incorrect dimensions)

Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Edvard Munch. Gemälde und Zeichnungen aus einer norwegischen Privatsammlung, 1979, no. 2, p. 19, illustrated in colour

Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich and Essen, Museum Folkwang Essen, Edvard Munch, 1987-88, no. 7, illustrated in colour

Oslo, Munch-museet, Munch Portretter, 1994, no. 8, p. 35, illustrated in colour (with incorrect dimensions)

Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Edvard Munch, 1997, no. 6, p. 45, illustrated in colour 

Lugano, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Edvard Munch, 1998, no. 4, pp. 27 & 219, illustrated in colour 

Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Munch, 2005, no. 1, pp. 84-85, illustrated in colour (with incorrect dimensions)