Louis Moilliet, Gelbes Haus in Karthago (Komposition mit Baum und Häusern), 1929, Watercolour on wove paper, laid down on backing cardboard by the artist

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Gelbes Haus in Karthago (Komposition mit Baum und Häusern)

Louis Moilliet (Swiss, 1880–1962) · 1929

CHF 6,500 hammer

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Medium: Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →
As published: “Watercolour on wove paper, laid down on backing cardboard by the artist”
Support: Board
Signed / inscribed: Signed and dated by the artist
Category: Watercolors
Dimensions: 38.6 x 44.9 cm, sheet size; 53 x 57.4 cm, support cardboard
Auction house: Kornfeld
Sale: Auction 287: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Live Auction (287)
Date: September 11, 2025
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Lot: 425
Estimate: CHF 6,000 – — (≈ $7,502) (≈ £5,552) (≈ €6,420)
Source: Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

Provenance (2)

Private collection, Bern, acquired in 2000 from
The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the reverse of the backing cardboard, Lugt 913b

Exhibitions (2)

Bern 1972, Kunstmuseum, Louis Moilliet, cat. no. 107
Ravenna 2009, MAR Museo d'Arte della città di Ravenna, L'artista viaggiatore da Gauguin a Klee da Matisse a Ontani

Literature (1)

Catalogue raisonné: Ammann 546

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