Oil on canvas
65x81 cm
Signed lower right: Frits Thaulow.
Executed in Overschie near Rotterdam, Holland in 1905. Completed and signed in 1906.
Exhibited:
Solo exhibition in Kristiania Kunstforening, 12-19 February, 1906 (likely).
In the exhibition 40 pieces were exhibited with motifs from Holland and Lillehammer. There is no catalogue from the exhibition, but there is plenty of photo documentation.
Sterbhus auction, Georges Petit et Cie, Paris, May 6-7, 1907. Nos. 5. “Moulins en Hollande”. 65 x 81 cm.
Alexandra Thaulow's sales exhibitions (sales exhibitions), Copenhagen, 1910. Nos. 203 “Sorte Moller, Holland”, Kristiania, 1910. Nos. 174, “Black Mills”.
Public Art galleries, Brighton, “Modern Norwegian Artists” 15 March - 15 June, 1913. Nos. He's 68. “Black windmills (Netherlands)”.
Memorial exhibition in Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1-24 September,1933. Nos. 117, “Black Mills, Holland”.
Provenance:
1907, acquisition by art dealer Georges Petit, France for the artist's widow, Alexandra Thaulow, of Norway.
1933, likely. Acquired for private collection, Norway.
1937, as a gift to Director Nils Viktor Delin (1877-1944), Sweden.
In inheritance within the same family to the current owner.
Estimate
NOK 100,000–150,000