Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints and African Art
Tuesday, 08 June 2004, 07:00 pm
Lot 37
Adolf Wölfli, 1864-1930 (CH)
Sheet from booklet No. 13: "Der heilige Skt. Adolf zerschlägt mit der Faust die Zellen=Thühre in der Waldau in Splitter", 1915
Pencil on newspaper.
H 998 mm W 717 mm.
(Frame). Signed and dated: Skt. Adolf, 1915.
| CHF | 30'000 / 35'000 |
| EUR | 26'000 / 30'000 |
| USD | 32'000 / 38'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 70'000
Annotation:
Verso: 39 lines of text, dialect rimes and solmisation.
Exhibition: Galerie Stucker, Berne, 1984.
Literature: Elka Spoerri, Stefan Frey. Adolf Wölfli, Werke aus einer Privatsammlung. Berne, Galerie Jürg Stucker, 1984, No. 5 (full-page illustration).