Lot 6451 - W255 Paintings (West) - Tuesday, 05. December 2017, 05.00 PM
MORGENTHALER, ERNST (Kleindietwil 1887 - 1962 Zurich)
Portrait of Hermann Hesse. 1945.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated top left: EM 45.
45 x 45 cm.
Ernst Morgenthaler and Hermann Hesse formed a deep friendship, based on an a like-mindedness and an intimate bond between two later Romantics. They maintained a lively correspondence (cf. exh. cat. Ernst Morgenthaler, 27-9-26.101980, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau 1980).
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CHF 1 800 / 2 400 | (€ 1 860 / 2 470)
Sold for CHF 2 125 (including buyer’s premium)
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