No. 01 / 20 · Movements, by Gastón Solís
Det Stille Interiør
the woman from behind
Ordrupgaard, Studiesalen · Charlottenlund · 1985

The woman turns her back in the cool plastered room, as her shadow keeps watch. There are always two bodies in this room: the one currently sitting and the one about to rise. The painter was more careful with the second than the first.
Musée d’Orsay’s own note on Hammershøi’s back portrait observes that you can never tell what the subject is actually doing. This is the most dignified piece in the collection, precisely because it permits the viewer to acknowledge he has a body while refusing to confess this body has functions.
Provenance
The artist’s studio, Copenhagen; private collection, Copenhagen, by 1909; thence by descent; Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 14 March 1979, lot 88; Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, 1979–85; private collection, Antwerp, 1985–89; sale, Galerie Moderne, Brussels, 12 May 1989, lot 64; the present collection, acquired at the above sale.



















