Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints
Monday, 22 November 2021, 06:00 pm
Lot 80
Francis Bott, 1904-1998 (DE)
Épitaphe idéale, 1956
Oil on canvas.
H 920 mm W 730 mm.
Signed and dated lower right: Francis Bott, 56. Verso inscribed: N° 2. On gallery label inscribed: 1956, Épitaphe idéale. (Frame).
| CHF | 5'000 / 7'000 |
| EUR | 4'600 / 6'400 |
| USD | 5'400 / 7'500 |
Hammer Price: CHF 4'800
Provenance:
Galerie d'art moderne, Basel;
Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel;
Swiss Private Collection.
Exhibition:
Lugano, Städtische Kunsthalle, in the Villa Malpensata, 1987.
Literature:
Exhibition catalogue. Francis Bott. Comprehensive retrospective 1938 - 1985. Lugano 1987. No. 92, illustration on page 82;
Wolfgang Henze. Francis Bott. Das Gesamtwerk. Stuttgart/Zürich 1988. No. 371, illustration.