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Visit hos excentrisk dam
Visit hos excentrisk dam
Visit hos excentrisk dam
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Visit hos excentrisk dam

by Nils Dardel
Artist (Sverige, 1888 - 1943)
Alternate Title
  • Visit to an Eccentric Lady
Date1921
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 130,5 × 97,5 cm Yttermått: 142,8 × 109,6 × 8,8 cm
Classification
Credit LineDonation 1953 från Moderna Museets Vänner
Object NumberNM 5059
CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkNils von Dardel tells a story of the delusions of love. Like a chamber play we meet the thwarted lover who has hung himself from the ceiling and the butler who announces the next suitor with bouquet in hand, blissfully ignorant of the suffering he is about to undergo. Flowers and animals are also used to express the heart-rending developments: Two wilting tulips along with the still fresh ones, the rabbit in the deadly embrace of the snake, the monkeys fighting for attention, The artist, who painted the hanging in his own likeness, is said to have reassured his terrified wife Thora Dardel that it was not really him, just a doll… Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad nedre vänster hörn "Dardel 1921", På baksidan utställningsetiketter Selected exhibition history Moderna Museet c/o Leksand. Svensk konst mellan världskrigen (2005) Leksands Konstmuseum Nils Dardel och den moderna tiden (den 29 maj 2014 - den 14 september 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Nils Dardel 1888-1943 (1988) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Givet av MMV (1972) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Givet av Moderna Museets vänner : [Moderna Museet : 22.1 - 13.2 1972]10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]Nils Dardel 1888-1943 : Moderna Museet, StockholmNils Dardel : och den moderna tiden : [Moderna Museet 29/5-21/5 2014] Bibliography Engholm, Nina, Ett svartsjukedarma och en excentrisk dam - Nils Dardel och svensk surrealism, B-uppsats i Konstvetenskap, Stockholms universitet HT 2005.