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Lot 3020 - A205 Swiss Art - Friday, 23. June 2023, 02.00 PM

FERDINAND HODLER

(Bern 1853–1918 Geneva)
Old man contemplating. Circa 1885.
Oil on canvas.
71 x 51 cm.

This painting is registered at the Swiss Institute for Art Research as a work by the hand of Ferdinand Hodler.

Provenance:
- Galerie Moos, Geneva, No. 4142, 1931-1947 (label verso).
- Collection of Arthur Stoll, 1947-1972.
- Sale Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 18.11.1972, Lot 92 (label verso).
- With Galerie Meissner, Zurich (label verso).
- Private collection. Switzerland.

Exhibited:
- Winterthur, 4.9.-16.10.1932, Der frühe Hodler, Kunstverein Winterthur, no. 54 (label verso).
- Paris, 1.2.-1.3.1934, L'art suisse contemporain depuis Hodler, Musée du Jeu de Paume, no. 115.
- Geneva, 8.9.-30.9.1936, Ferdinand Hodler - Exposition organisée à l'occasion du XIVe Congrès international d'Histoire de l'Art, Galerie Moos, no. 21.
- Geneva, 19.5.-19.6.1938, F. Hodler - Exposition commémorative à l'occasion du XXe anniversaire de sa mort, Galerie Moos, no. 10.
- San Francisco, July-August 1940, Paintings by Ferdinand Hodler, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, no. 8 (label verso).
- New York, 13.5.-31.5.1940, Exhibition of paintings by Ferdinand Hodler, Durand-Ruel Galleries, no. 8.
- Amsterdam, April-June 1948, Ferdinand Hodler, Stedelijk Museum, No. 12 (label verso).
- Vevey, 2.10.-31.10.1948, Exposition F. Hodler à l'occasion du 30e anniversaire de la mort du grand peintre national (collection du Prof. Dr. A. Stoll), no. 7.
- Neuenburg, 2.4.-6.6.1949, Exposition B. Menn - F. Hodler - P. Pinolat (collection du Prof. Dr. A. Stoll), Musée des beaux-arts, no. 20.
- Cologne/ Hamburg / Munich, 7.7.-8.8.1954, F. Hodler, Kunsthaus Lempertz, no. 7 (label verso).
- Pfäffikon, 11.4.-14.6.1981, Der frühe Hodler - Das Werk 1870-1890, Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, no. 94 (label verso).

Literature:
- Loosli, Carl Albert: Nachtrag zum Generalkatalog, No. 2479 (stamped on the back of the canvas).
- Fischer, Marcel: Sammlung Arthur Stoll - Skulpturen und Gemälde des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Zürich/Stuttgart 1961, no. 326.
- Wohlgemuth, Matthias / Zelger, Franz / Stiftung Oskar Reinhart Winterthur: Schweizer Maler und Bildhauer seit Ferdinand Hodler, Zurich 1984, vol. 3., pp. 174ff.

This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Ferdinand Hodler paintings (vol. 3, figure paintings) published by the Swiss Institute for Art Research.


CHF 50 000 / 80 000 | (€ 51 550 / 82 470)

Sold for CHF 55 200 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.