Sycamore Leaf
Rita Kernn-Larsen (Hillerød 1904 - Copenhagen 1998)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1939
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
419 x 393 x 28 mm
Place of origin
Denmark
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London
NT 112732
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sycamore Leaf by Rita Kernn-Larsen (Hillerod, Denmark 1904-1998), 1939 Depicting a brown variegated sycamore leaf growing out of a brown landscape on a vibrant blue sky. With an organic anthropomorphic white figure in the foreground. Within a white stained pine frame.
Provenance
Owned by Ernö Goldfinger and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, also known as Mrs Ernö Goldfinger. Purchased by the National Trust in 1994.
Credit line
2 Willow Road, The Ernö Goldfinger Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right hand corner: "r k l" On right hand rear stretcher.: "Kernn-Larsen, Rita 1, rue Rimi / Pauline (6e)" On rear right hand stretcher.: "JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd., / Fine Art packers, Frame makers, / B40638 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones:- MUSEUM 1871 & 7588"
Makers and roles
Rita Kernn-Larsen (Hillerød 1904 - Copenhagen 1998), publisher