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Composition à danseurs - Komposition mit Tänzern by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1927, Gouache over preliminary drawing in pencil, sold Jun 2022© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Composition à danseurs - Komposition mit Tänzern

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss, 1889–1943) · 1927

CHF 200,000 hammer

≈ $207,540≈ £169,227≈ €197,921

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Medium
Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “Gouache over preliminary drawing in pencil”
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
24.5 x 33 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 276: Live Auction - Part 1 (276)
Date
June 17, 2022
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
152
Estimate
CHF 90,000 – — (≈ $93,393) (≈ £76,152) (≈ €89,064)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (2)
  • Estate of the artist
  • Gift to private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (6)
  • Strasbourg 1977, Musées de la ville de Strasbourg, cat. no. 66
  • Winterthur 1977, Kunstmuseum, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, cat. no. 62, reprod., label on the reverse
  • Solothurn 2002/2003, Kunstmuseum, Sophie Taeuber-Arp: works on paper, plate 14 reprod.
  • Davos/Rolandseck 2009/2010, Kirchner Museum/Arp Museum, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Bewegung und Gleichgewicht, cat. no. 59, reprod.
  • Paris 2011/2012, Centre Pompidou, Danser sa vie, pag. 308, reprod.
  • Basel/London/New York 2021/2022, Kunstmuseum/Tate Modern/Moma, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, cat. no. 147, pag. 134 reprod.
Literature (1)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Georg Schmidt/Hugo Weber, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Catalogue de l'œuvre, Basel 1948, no. 1927/9

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