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Louis Soutter, Abel, 1937-1942, Finger painting in ink and gouache© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Abel

Louis Soutter (Swiss, 1871–1942) · 1937-1942

CHF 170,000 hammer

≈ $190,808≈ £148,639≈ €174,000

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Medium
Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “Finger painting in ink and gouache”
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
65 x 50 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
Date
June 16, 2023
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
161
Estimate
CHF 200,000 – — (≈ $224,480) (≈ £174,870) (≈ €204,705)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • Collection J. Mermod, Lausanne
  • Gallery M. Knoedler, Zurich 1981-82, cat. no. 77, there purchased by
  • Hess Art Collection, from there to
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (1)
  • Munich/Bonn/Stuttgart 1985, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus/Kunstmuseum/Württembergischer Kunstverein, Louis Soutter, 1871-1942, Zeichnungen, Bücher, Fingermalereien, cat. no. 238, pag. 193 reprod.
Literature (2)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter, Catalogue de l'œuvre, Lausanne/Zurich 1976, no. 2486
  • Dieter Ronte, Hess Collection, Bern/Stuttgart 1989, cat. no. 128, pag. 189 reprod.

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