Swiss Art - A Koller Specialty
Works by Swiss artists such as Giovanni Giacometti, Paul Klee and Ferdinand Hodler benefit from an ever-growing international reputation, and Koller has made this field one of its specialties since its founding. The CHF 3.01 million (EUR 2 million) realized by a portrait of Pierre Josse by Alberto Giacometti in December 2007 is just one example of the success of Koller's auctions of Swiss Art, held twice annually.
 
Next Auction: 4 December 2009

Preview in Zurich:
21 to 29 November 2009

Highlights Exhibitions:
Düsseldorf: 5 to 6 November 2009
Geneva: 9 to 14 November 2009

Swiss Art - Sale 4. December 2009
Highlights		    

1147   Z27/3019
ALBERT ANKER
“Strickendes Mädchen,” 1888.
Oil on canvas.
63 x 45.5 cm.

Sold for CHF 3 010 000 buyer's premium incl.

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1147   Z27/3043
GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI
Winter landscape near Maloja. 1925.
Oil on canvas. 40 x 45 cm.

Sold for CHF 514 500 buyer's premium incl.

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1147   Z27/3044
RAPHY DALLEVES
Shepherd resting on a mountain trail with a
view of Sion. 1910. Tempera on canvas. 46 x 98 cm.

Sold for CHF 84 000 buyer's premium incl.

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1147   Z27/3041
FERDINAND HODLER
Portrait of a woman. Circa 1914.
Oil on canvas. 40.2 x 29.8 cm

Sold for CHF 312 000 buyer's premium incl.

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Albert Anker‘s “Strickendes Mädchen” (Girl Sewing, lot 3019) is the top lot in Koller‘s Swiss Art auction. This 1888 portrait was purchased directly from the artist, and has remained in the same family for the past 120 years. For the past four years it has been on loan to the Kunstmuseum in Bern. A winter landscape by Giovanni Giacometti (lot 3043) depicts his native Maloja in the Swiss Grisons, and belongs to the group of the artist‘s impressionistic works. A fabulous landscape by Valais artist Raphy Dallèves depicts a shepherd sitting peacefully in the majestic landscape of the Swiss Alps (lot 3044). Dallèves, who studied in Paris before returning to his native Sion, was a friend of Ernest Bieler and a member of the “Ecole de Savièse” group of artists. From a German private collection comes Ferdinand Hodler‘s Portrait of a woman (lot 3041). The artist‘s handling of the paint, with thick brushstrokes mingled with carefully chosen shading, the positioning of the head and the graceful treatment of the shoulders are all characteristic of Hodler‘s portraits from the period of 1911-15, which saw the culmination of the artist‘s lifelong fascination with the portrait genre.