Still-Life with Geometric Forms

Provenance

Private collection, Denmark; sold, Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Mar. 11, 2021, part of lot 375, to Didier Aaron, Paris; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right, in black chalk: "E. Wegener 1901"; inscribed by Elbe’s drawing professor, lower left, in black chalk: “Ole Olsen”; upper right label: “Antaget Prøve.” (Accepted Example.)

Quick Overview

Artist: Lili Elbe / Danish, 1883-1931
Date: 1901
Medium: Black chalk on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 38 × 44.5 cm (15 × 17 9/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: prints and drawing
Place: Denmark
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Margaret Day Blake Endowment Fund
Accession no.: 2022.59

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.