Auction record at Swiss sale for rediscovered work by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela
The unexpected highlight of a recent sale at Beurret & Bailly (20% buyer’s premium) in Basel was a work by the Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) which had been considered lost for over a century.
It was his 2ft x 2ft 5in (61 x 74cm) painting Haavakuume from 1889. This translates literally as W…