FERDINAND HODLER | Bildnis von Emma Schmidt-Müller, 1915

Collection Emma Schmidt-Müller, Zurich
Rudolf Schmidt, Solothurn (1921-1970)
Private collection (1970-1988)
Private collection, Switzerland (by descent to the present owner since 1988)

Berne, Kunsmuseum Bern, Ferdinand Hodler - Gedächtnisausstellung. Veranstaltet zur Ehrung des Meisters bei Anlass der zwanzigsten Wiederkehr seines Todestages, 1938, no. 153
Thun, Ausstellung Ferdinand Hodler, 1853-1918, 1953, no. 71
Berne, Kunsthalle, Moderne Schweizer Bildniskunst, 1956, no. 47
Berlin, Nationalgalerie /Paris, Musée du Petit Palais /Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ferdinand Hodler, 1983, no. 187
Cincinatti, Cincinatti Art museum/.../Hartford, Wadsworth Athenan museum, Ferdinand Hodler. Views & visions, 1994-95, no. 42
Solothurn, Kunstmuseum Solothurn/ Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Freundschaft und Kunstsinn. Die ehemaligen Solothurner Ferdinand Hodler-Sammlungen, 1996-97, p. 21
Basel, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Ägypten, Orient und die Schweizer Moderne. Die Sammlung Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), 2011, p. 97, no. 104
Basel, Antikenmuseum, 2011
New York, Neue Galerie, Ferdinand Hodler, View to infinity, 2012-13
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, 2013, p. 196, no. 96

Carl Albert Loosli, Ferdinand Hodler, Leben, Werk und Nachlass, Berne, 1921-24, no. 1882
Walter Uberwasser, Robert Spreng, Hodler, Köpfe und Gestalten, Zurich, 1947, p. 36 ill.
Jura Brüschweiler, Ausstellung Hodler. Ölbilder und Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung Josef Müller sowie aus Schweizer Privatbesitz. Exhibition Ferdinand Hodler. Paintings and drawings from the Josef Müller collection and other Swiss collections, 1986, p. 70, ill.
Jura Brüschweiler, Ferdinand Hodler, 1853 Bern - 1918 Genf, Zeichnungen, Munich, 1987, p. 38
Ferdinand Hodler, Sammlung Max Schmidheiny, exhibition catalogue, Zurich, 1989, p. 35, ill.
Hans A. Lüthy, Von Hodler-Sammlern, Ittingen/Vevey/Santiago de Chile, 1989-90, p. 34-35, ill.
Jura Brüschweiler, Ferdinand Hodler - Fotoalbum, Zurich, 1998, p. 142
Oskar Bätschmann / Paul Müller, Ferdinand Hodler. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde. Die Bildnisse, Zurich 2012, vol. 2, p. 300-01, no. 968, ill. 

The painting is in very good and original condition. The stretching appears to be original and both the stretcher and canvas are in very good condition. Staples have been added in between the original nails. Both the ground and paint layer appear to be in very good condition, stable and well attached. There are cracks throughout the composition, all of which appear to be stable. There is a retouch close to the left edge centre and a small one close to the upper left corner. The surface has remained unvarnished.
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This painting will be sold on behalf of a Swiss non profit foundation.