(Statue of Memory, Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark)

 

Edvard Eriksen

  1876 - 1959 (biography)

1914  

pencil and watercolor drawing 

7 1/8 x 3 1/2" image size 

ink signed, lower right corner 

1 of 1 unique 

pencil annotations in Dutch, upper right (partially: sketch of a figure, Roskilde Cathedral) 

 

cream laid with partial watermark 

 

 

2309 

$250.00 

A drawing by the artist of his own statue, titled "Statue of Memory", which accompanies two others, "Statue of Grief" and "Statue of Love" in the Roskilde Cathedral, Lutheran Church of Denmark. Eriksen was known for his figurative sculpture and statues. From the collection of Danish critic and author Georg Bröchner (1874-1933) who wrote for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century. This drawing is annotated in Danish and partially translates: "Sketch for a figure... in the cathedral in Roskilde"