JOHN BAUER. Humpe (from: Troll), lithograph, 11 x 9.1 cm.

John Bauer (1882–1918)

• Estimate 460 EUR
• Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art
• Ended 2022-09-15

JOHN BAUER 1882-1918 Humpe (from: "Troll"). Lithograph, 1915. Image: 11 x 9.1 cm Leaves: 13.3 x 9.6 cm LITERATURE: Schiller, Harald; "John Bauer - Sagotecknaren", Swedish General Art Association, 1935, page 146. ("In 1915 he [John Bauer] published an album of fairy tales in black lithograph entitled 'Troll'. Carl Larsson wrote the preface, where he ia. utters: 'How difficult to avoid a certain dryness, but how soft and caressing this lucky boy has not made these small paintings work, how deep and warm the black and how radiant the white!'").