(Bern 1853–1918 Geneva)

Self portrait. April 1916. (preparatory drawing for lithograph from 1916).

Pencil and charcoal on paper.

Dated and signed lower right: Avril 1916 F. Hodler.

40.5 × 32.5 cm.

Provenance:
- Collection of Berthe Hodler, Geneva, 1918–1956/1958.
- Collection of Oscar Möri, Lyss, 22.11.1956 acquired directly from Berthe Hodler for 3'000.- Francs and received in 1958.
- By descent to the current owner.

Exhibited:
Basel 1979, Ferdinand Hodlers Selbstbildnisse, Kunstmuseum Basel, as "Studie zu Selbstbildnis, April 1916". (label verso).

Literature:
Jara Brüschweiler: Ferdinand Hodler, Selbstbildnisse als Selbstbiographie. Ausstellungskatalog Kunstmuseum Basel, 1979, cat. no. 82, p. 130, ill.

The drawing is registered at the Swiss Institute for Art Research as by the hand of Ferdinand Hodler, no. 29806.