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Artist Bruno Liljefors (Swedish, 1860 - 1939)
- TitleSeated Woman with Cat
- Dating 1886
- Technique/MaterialWatercolour on paper
- Dimensions35 x 25 cm
Ram: 59 x 49 x 5 cm - AcquisitionBequest of Gustaf Werner (1859–1948) to the City of Gothenburg. Transferred to the Gothenburg Museum of Art in 2013.
- CategoryWatercolour, gouache
- Inventory NumberGKM 2013-64
- Display StatusNot shown in the museum
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Bruno Liljefors, who preferred to paint wild nature, also made this warm portrait of a woman with a cat in her lap. The cat who is resting in the woman’s lap is squinting, perhaps thinking of a butterfly chase or what it feels like to lie in wait for a prey in tall grass? The woman’s calm, patient, downcast eyes express tenderness. Perhaps she is thinking: what is life like for a cat? Perhaps the animal curled up in the woman’s lap is Bruno Liljefors’ own cat Jeppe, of whom he was very fond.