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Das Bild vom gotischen Dom / Im Dom

Otto Morach (Swiss, 1887–1973) · circa 1918/1919

CHF 50,000 hammer

≈ $51,885≈ £42,307≈ €49,480

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on jute”
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
110 x 80 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 276: Live Auction - Part 1 (276)
Date
June 17, 2022
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
122
Estimate
CHF 60,000 – — (≈ $62,262) (≈ £50,768) (≈ €59,376)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • Galerie Bernard, Solothurn (directly from the artist, around 1960)
  • Collection Hugo Gygax, Biberist
  • Gallery Pels-Leusden, Zurich, there purchased by
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (12)
  • Bern 1925, Kunsthalle, Exhibition, cat. no. 86
  • Zurich 1925/27, Museum of Decorative Arts, Otto Morach: Dekorative Malereien, Textilien und Glasgemälde
  • New York 1927, Grand Central Galleries, Multi-national
  • Zurich 1928, Kunsthaus, XVIIth Nationale Kunstausstellung, cat. no. 157
  • Zurich 1947, Kunsthaus, Zürcher Maler, cat. no. 228 (there titled and dated "Gothischer Dom 1920/30")
  • Solothurn 1960, Berufsschulhaus, Otto Morach, cat. no. 3
  • Zurich 1966, Helmhaus, Otto Morach, Paintings - Retrospektive Ausstellung. Otto Münch, Skulpturen - Gedächtnisausstellung, cat. no. 16 (there titled "Im Dom")
  • Solothurn 1967, Galerie Bernard, Otto Morach, cat. no. 15
  • Thun 1971, Thunerhof, Arnold Brügger, Otto Morach. Die frühen Werke. Kunstsammlung der Stadt Thun, cat. no. 128 (there titled "Im Dom")
  • Olten 1972, Kunstmuseum, Otto Morach zum 85. Geburtstag, cat. no. 29 (there titled "Im Dom")
  • Trubschachen 1974, Vielfältige Schweiz. Historisches und Gegenwärtiges. 6. Gemäldeausstellung Trubschachen, cat. no. 136 (there titled "Im Dom")
  • Winterthur 1975, Kunstmuseum, Expressionismus in der Schweiz 1905-1930, cat. no. 243 (there titled "Im Dom")
Literature (5)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Marie-Louise Schaller, Otto Morach (1887-1973). With a critical catalogue of the easel paintings, Solothurn 1983, no. 175
  • Walter Hugelshofer, Zu den Gemälden von Otto Morach, in: Werk, Zurich 1927, vol. 14, pag. 198 reprod.
  • Forbes Watson, The Multi-National, in: The Arts, New York 1927, Vol. 11, pag. 198-199 reprod.
  • Walter Ingold, Begegnungen mit Otto Morach, in: Schreibmappe der Genossenschaftsdruckerei Olten, Olten 1929, pag. 5 reprod.
  • Peter Wullimann, Otto Morach, Leben und Hauptwerk des Malers, Solothurn 1970, pag. 10, 19, 34, pag. 35 reprod. in colours

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