FERDINAND HODLER

This painting is registered at the Swiss Institute for Art Research as a work by the hand of Ferdinand Hodler.

Provenance:
- Galerie Moos, Geneva, No. 4142, 1931-1947 (label on the reverse).
- Collection of Arthur Stoll, 1947-1972.
- Auction, Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 18.11.1972, Lot 92 (label on the reverse).
- Galerie Meissner, Zurich (label on the reverse).
- Swiss private collection.

Exhibited:
- Winterthur, 4.9.-16.10.1932, Der frühe Hodler, Kunstverein Winterthur, No. 54 (label on the reverse).
- Paris, 1.2.-1.3.1934, L'art suisse contemporain depuis Hodler, Musée du Jeu de Paume, No. 115.
- Geneva, 8.9.-30.9.1936, Ferdinand Hodler - Exposition organisée à l'occasion du XIVe Congrès international d'Histoire de l'Art, Galerie Moos, No. 21.
- Geneva, 19.5.-19.6.1938, F. Hodler - Exposition commémorative à l'occasion du XXe anniversaire de sa mort, Galerie Moos, No. 10.
- San Francisco, Juli-August 1940, Paintings by Ferdinand Hodler, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, No. 8 (label on the reverse).
- New York, 13.5.-31.5.1940, Exhibition of paintings by Ferdinand Hodler, Durand-Ruel Galleries, No. 8.
- Amsterdam, April-June 1948, Ferdinand Hodler, Stedelijk Museum, No. 12 (label on the reverse).
- Vevey, 2.10.-31.10.1948, Exposition F. Hodler à l'occasion du 30e anniversaire de la mort du grand peintre national (collection du Prof. Dr. A. Stoll), No. 7.
- Neuenburg, 2.4.-6.6.1949, Exposition B. Menn - F. Hodler - P. Pinolat (collection du Prof. Dr. A. Stoll), Musée des beaux-arts, No. 20.
- Cologne/ Hamburg / Munich, 7.7.-8.8.1954, F. Hodler, Kunsthaus Lempertz, No. 7 (label on the reverse).
- Pfäffikon, 11.4.-14.6.1981, Der frühe Hodler - Das Werk 1870-1890, Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, No. 94 (label on the reverse).

Literature:
- Loosli, Carl Albert: Nachtrag zum Generalkatalog, No. 2479 (stamped on the back of the canvas).
- Fischer, Marcel: Sammlung Arthur Stoll - Skulpturen und Gemälde des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Zürich/Stuttgart 1961, No. 326.
- Wohlgemuth, Matthias / Zelger, Franz / Stiftung Oskar Reinhart Winterthur: Schweizer Maler und Bildhauer seit Ferdinand Hodler, Zurich 1984, Vol. 3., p. 174ff.

This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Ferdinand Hodler paintings (vol. 3, figure paintings) published by the Swiss Institute for Art Research.