Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 24 June 2024, 06:00 pm
Lot 38
Ferdinand Hodler, 1853-1918 (CH)
Liberté et Patrie (Entwurf für einen Schützentaler), 1900
India ink line drawing.
D 360 mm (Visible measurement).
Signed lower right: F. Hodler.
Provenance:
Galerie Nicoline Pon, Zurich;
Swiss Private Property.
Expertise:
The work is registered in the archive of the Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich, under the number 1965. Archive extract signed by Hansjakob Diggelmann enclosed, 7 Sept. 1973.
Literature:
C.A. Loosli. Vingt dessins de Hodler. Genf-Paris 1919, Tf. III.
The drawing served as a model for a médaille engraved by Hans Frei (Basel 1868-1947) for the 75th anniversary of the Carabiniers de Lausanne. The Cabinet des Médailles, Lausanne, owns a copy of it.
| CHF | 4'000 / 6'000 |
| EUR | 4'000 / 6'000 |
| USD | 4'300 / 6'500 |
Hammer Price: CHF 5'500