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Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 25 November 2019, 06:00 pm

Hans Erni, Composition

Lot 16

Hans Erni, 1909-2015 (CH)

Composition, 1933

Oil on canvas.
H 920 mm W 730 mm.

Signed and dated lower right: Erni, 33.

CHF20'000 / 25'000
EUR19'000 / 23'000
USD20'000 / 26'000

Hammer Price: CHF 36'000

Annotation:

(Frame).
Provenance: Swiss private property.

Exhibitions:
Paris, Galerie Wagram, 1933;
Lucerne, Hans Erni Museum, Verkehrshaus Luzern, 1982;
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 28. November 1998 - 28. February 1999;
Lucerne, Hans Erni Museum, Verkehrshaus Luzern.
Hans Erni - Werke aus sieben Jahrzehnten, 21. October 2001 - December 2003;
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum.
Hans Erni, Retrospektive zum 100. Geburtstag,
24. May - 4. October 2009.

Literature:
Anatole Jakovski. Cinq peintres suisses: H. Erni, H. Schiess, K. Seligmann, S.H. Teuber-Arp, G. Vulliamy.
Paris, 1934. Illustration on page 11.

Exhibition catalogue, Abstraction-Création, art non figuratif 1933-1938.
Lucerne, Hans Erni Museum, Verkehrshaus Luzern, 1982.
No. 19. Illustration on page 75.
Exhibition catalogue, Hans Erni Rétrospective.
Martigny, Fondation Gianadda, 1998/1999.
No. 13. Full-page color illustration on page 111;
Exhibition catalogue, Hans Erni, Retrospektive zum 100. Geburtstag.
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, 2009. Page 226.