Lot 6433 - ibid156 Swiss Art - online only - Wednesday, 03. December 2025, 03.00 PM
VARLIN (WILLY GUGGENHEIM)
(Zürich 1900–1977 Bondo)
Portrait of my mother. 1938–39.
Oil on wood.
Signed lower left: VARLIN.
62 × 49.5 cm.
Provenance:
Literature:
- Paola Tedeschi-Pellanda and Patrizia Guggenheim: Varlin. Werkverzeichnis der Bilder, Zürich and Frankfurt 2000, vol. II, p. 63, no. 260 (with ill.).
Conditionreport:
The work is overall in a good state of preservation. Paint surface slightly soiled and showing in places paint abrasion along the margins as well as various studio traces (see ill.). Fine scratches visible upper right (see ill.). No retouching visible under UV light. CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)
Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer's premium)