FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918) Bildnis einer Unbekannten (Berner Mädchen)
signed 'F. Hodler' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄8 in. (24 x 18 cm.)
Painted circa 1898
FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918) Bildnis einer Unbekannten (Berner Mädchen)
signed 'F. Hodler' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄8 in. (24 x 18 cm.)
Painted circa 1898
Galerie Henneberg, Zurich, by 1917. Anonymous sale, Galerie Henneberg, Zurich, 20-22 October 1919, lot 73. Galerie Neupert, Zurich, by 1921. Anonymous sale, Galerie Neupert, Zurich, 4 April 1936, lot 140. Private collection, by 2001. Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, by 2006 and until 2008. Private collection, by 2008. Anonymous sale, Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, 3 December 2009, lot 64. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
C. A. Loosli, Ferdinand Hodler, Leben, Werk und Nachlass, vol. II, Bern, 1921-1924, no. 142, p. 209 (titled 'Berner-Mädchen, Bildnis einer Base des Künstlers' and dated '1898'). C. A. Loosli, Ferdinand Hodler, Leben, Werk und Nachlass, vol. IV, Bern, 1921-1924, no. 142, p. 58 (titled 'Berner-Mädchen, Bildnis einer Base des Künstlers' and dated '1898'). W. Y. Müller, Die Kunst Ferdinand Hodlers, vol. II, Reife und Spätwerk 1895-1918, Zurich, 1941, no. 44, p. 480 (illustrated p. 59). W. Hugelshofer, Ferdinand Hodler. Eine Monographie, Zurich, 1952, no. 35, pp. XI & 51 (illustrated). O. Bätschmann, M. Brunner & P. Müller, Ferdinand Hodler. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde. Die Bildnisse, vol. II, Zurich, 2012, no. 804 (SIK-ISEA 36987), pp. 194-195 (illustrated p. 194).
Zurich, Galerie Henneberg, Katalog der Ausstellung, November 1911, no. 51, p. 4. Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung Ferdinand Hodler im Zürcher Kunsthaus, June - August 1917, no. 114 (dated 'circa 1889'). Bern, Kunstmuseum, Hodler-Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, August - October 1921, no. 303, p. 28 (dated '1898'). Zurich, Galerie Neupert, Ausstellung Ferdinand Hodler, October 1928, no. 17 (dated '1898').
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