Lot 39
  • 39

Ernest Biéler

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 CHF
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Description

  • Ernest Biéler
  • L'Homme des champs, 1917
  • signed and dated
    This painting comes with the artist's original frame. 
  • pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper laid down on cardboard
  • 25 x 29 cm
This work will be included in the upcoming catalogue raisonné by Ethel Mathier.

Ethel Mathier wird diese Arbeit in den Oeuvrekatalog Ernest Biéler aufnehmen.

Provenance

Robert Faillettaz-L'Epée, Lausanne
Josette Solvay-Day, Paris and Crans-sur-Sierre
Hôtel des ventes de Genève, Geneva, 4th June 2008, lot 1222 (Homme de Savièse)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Not unframed. Paint loss mainly visible in the black colour. Minor craquelure in the upper part of the hat. Very good condition.
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