Ferdinand Hodler - Etude pour Hanovre - Schwörender (Etude pour Hanovre - Man Swearing) - image-1

Lot 302 Dα

Ferdinand Hodler - Etude pour Hanovre - Schwörender (Etude pour Hanovre - Man Swearing)

Auction 997 - overview Cologne
22.05.2012, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.050 € (incl. premium)

Sketch sheet. Pencil drawing on firm chamois-coloured drawing paper 41.3 x 17.4 cm, framed under glass. Signed F. Hodler lower right within linearly outlined depiction as well as inscribed Etude pour Hanovre in lower margin. - On verso mounted on paper support in few spots, old brownish glue stains shining through; with a marginal tear lower left. Overall minimally browned.

Provenance

From the estate of an architect who was a friend of Hodler; private possession (since 1955)