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Lot 6418 - ibid149 Swiss Art - online only - Thursday, 05. December 2024, 01.30 PM

KARL GIRARDET

(Le Locle 1813–1871 Paris)
Étude de sapins près Hochstett.
Oil on canvas laid on board.
Monogrammed lower right: K.G.
32.5 × 28.5 cm.

Provenance:
- Estate of Karl Girardet.
- Sale Hotel Drouot, Paris, 19.–23.4.1872 (label and stamp verso).
- With Galerie Klopfer, Zurich (label verso.)
- Private collection, Switzerland, probably acquired from the above gallery.

Literature:
Walter Hugelshofer: Schweizer Künstler. Rudolf Koller, Zurich 1942, no.8 (with ill.).

This painting is registered at SIK as an autograph work by Karl Girardet under number 56591.

Conditionreport:
The work is overall in good condition. The canvas is mounted on board (old mount) and is framed. The paint surface is slightly soiled, showing craquelure, some rubbing and small colour losses along the edges. Under UV light the varnish has an irregular fluorescence.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer's premium)