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Cuno Amiet (Solothurn 1868 - Oschwand 1961)


Self Portrait

Lot-No. 201

Proceeds : 1.500 €


Red chalk drawing, 39 x 28,5 cm, lo. ri. monogr. CA, lo. le. inscribed Cuno Amiet, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - As an extra: Portrait of Cuno Amiet, possibly self portrait, etching, 9 x 7 cm, lo. ri. inscribed Cuno Amiet, unframed. - Swiss painter, graphic artist and sculptor. A. studied at the Munich Academy 1886-88. Together with G. Giacometti he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1888-89, among others with W. Bouguereau. A., technically virtuoso and stylistically changeable, is one of the leading Swiss avant-gardists. Mus.: London (Tate), Paris, Zurich, Basel, Solothurn, Winterthur a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Vollmer a. others.

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Cuno Amiet: Self Portrait


Cuno Amiet (Solothurn 1868 - Oschwand 1961)

Self Portrait

Lot-No. 201

Proceeds : 1.500 €

Print

Red chalk drawing, 39 x 28,5 cm, lo. ri. monogr. CA, lo. le. inscribed Cuno Amiet, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - As an extra: Portrait of Cuno Amiet, possibly self portrait, etching, 9 x 7 cm, lo. ri. inscribed Cuno Amiet, unframed. - Swiss painter, graphic artist and sculptor. A. studied at the Munich Academy 1886-88. Together with G. Giacometti he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1888-89, among others with W. Bouguereau. A., technically virtuoso and stylistically changeable, is one of the leading Swiss avant-gardists. Mus.: London (Tate), Paris, Zurich, Basel, Solothurn, Winterthur a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Vollmer a. others.

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