Swiss Fine Art
Swiss Fine Art
Property from a Private Swiss Collection
Hans Berger
En robe noire (Portrait de Madame Edith Hafter)
Lot Closed
December 12, 02:25 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Swiss Collection
Hans Berger
1882 - 1977
En robe noire (Portrait de Madame Edith Hafter)
signed H. Berger, titled and inscribed (on the reverse)
tempera on paper on masonite
184 by 121 cm.
72½ by 47¾ in.
Estate of the artist
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève
Edith Hafter (1911-2011) was a prominent Swiss art collector and one of the most important female patrons of her generation. Based in Solothurn, she commissioned architect Fritz Haller to build the strikingly avant garde home for her renowned art collection, which to this day remains one of Switzerland's most iconic residential buildings.