Lot 75
- 75
HANS ERNI | Komposition, 1933
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 CHF
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Description
- Hans Erni
- Komposition, 1933
- Signed and dated lower right
- Oil on canvas
- 65 x 92 cm
Provenance
Private collection (by inheritance from the artist)
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Dreissiger Jahre Schweiz. Ein Jahrzehnt im Widerspruch, 1981, p. 350, ill.
Lucerne, Verkehrshaus Luzern, Art non-figuratif 1933-1938. Abstraction-Création, 1982, no. 20, ill.
Lucerne, Verkehrshaus Luzern, Art non-figuratif 1933-1938. Abstraction-Création, 1982, no. 20, ill.
Literature
Anatole Jakovski, Cinq peintres suisses: H. Erni, H. Schiess, K. Seligmann, S.H Teuber-Arp, G. Vulliamy, Paris, 1934, p. 11
Condition
The work is overall in good condition. Minor and stable craquelure in the brown and small olive green areas of the painting. Abrasions to three of four corners, most notably in the lower left corner (ca. 4cm long). Minor vertical abrasion along left edge. Vertical, line shaped paintloss (18mm) above the light blue area to the upper left. Minuscule fly spots to the upper left and lower right, four specks of dirt by the right edge and small drops of liquid to the upper left part of the composition.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."