Lot 3038 - A189 Swiss Art - Friday, 28. June 2019, 02.00 PM
ALBERT ANKER
(1831 Ins 1910)
Portrait of a girl. 1862.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: Anker 1962 (incised in the fresh paint).
40.5 x 33 cm.
Provenance:
- Hermann Ganz Collection, Zurich.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature:
- Max Huggler, Hug Wagner and Katalin von Walterskirchen: Albert Anker. Katalog der Gemälde und Ölstudien, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern 1962, no. 134 (with ill.).
- Sandor Kuthy and Therese Bhattacharya-Stettler: Albert Anker. Werkkatalog der Gemälde und Ölstudien, Basel 1995, p. 82, no. 66 (with ill.).
The present portrait of a girl by Albert Anker is recorded as the first autonomous portrait of a girl in the catalogue raisonné by Therese Bhattacharya-Stettler and is regarded as a turning point in Anker's selection of subjects.
CHF 60 000 / 90 000 | (€ 61 860 / 92 780)
Sold for CHF 104 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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