FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918) - photo 1

FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918)

Starting price
£ 70 000
Auction dateClassic
04.03.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 717820
Lot 445 | FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918)
FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918)

Bildnis einer Unbekannten (Berner Mädchen)

signed 'F. Hodler' (lower right)

oil on canvas

9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄8 in. (24 x 18 cm.)

Painted circa 1898







Provenance

Galerie Henneberg, Zurich, by 1917.

Anonymous sale, Galerie Henneberg, Zurich, 20-22 October 1919, lot 73.

Galerie Neupert, Zurich, by 1921.

Anonymous sale, Galerie Neupert, Zurich, 4 April 1936, lot 140.

Private collection, by 2001.

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, by 2006 and until 2008.

Private collection, by 2008.

Anonymous sale, Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, 3 December 2009, lot 64.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.





Literature

C. A. Loosli, Ferdinand Hodler, Leben, Werk und Nachlass, vol. II, Bern, 1921-1924, no. 142, p. 209 (titled 'Berner-Mädchen, Bildnis einer Base des Künstlers' and dated '1898').

C. A. Loosli, Ferdinand Hodler, Leben, Werk und Nachlass, vol. IV, Bern, 1921-1924, no. 142, p. 58 (titled 'Berner-Mädchen, Bildnis einer Base des Künstlers' and dated '1898').

W. Y. Müller, Die Kunst Ferdinand Hodlers, vol. II, Reife und Spätwerk 1895-1918, Zurich, 1941, no. 44, p. 480 (illustrated p. 59).

W. Hugelshofer, Ferdinand Hodler. Eine Monographie, Zurich, 1952, no. 35, pp. XI & 51 (illustrated).

O. Bätschmann, M. Brunner & P. Müller, Ferdinand Hodler. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde. Die Bildnisse, vol. II, Zurich, 2012, no. 804 (SIK-ISEA 36987), pp. 194-195 (illustrated p. 194).





Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie Henneberg, Katalog der Ausstellung, November 1911, no. 51, p. 4.

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung Ferdinand Hodler im Zürcher Kunsthaus, June - August 1917, no. 114 (dated 'circa 1889').

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Hodler-Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, August - October 1921, no. 303, p. 28 (dated '1898').

Zurich, Galerie Neupert, Ausstellung Ferdinand Hodler, October 1928, no. 17 (dated '1898').





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Artist:Ferdinand Hodler (1853 - 1918)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Symbolism
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
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