Raumbeispiel
148
Louis Soutter
Mort - Vies fleuves et efficaces, 1930-1937.
Pen and India ink drawing and gouache
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 29,000 Sold:
€ 32,250 / $ 37,410 (incl. surcharge)
148
Louis Soutter
Mort - Vies fleuves et efficaces, 1930-1937.
Pen and India ink drawing and gouache
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 29,000 Sold:
€ 32,250 / $ 37,410 (incl. surcharge)
Louis Soutter
1871 - 1942
Mort - Vies fleuves et efficaces. 1930-1937.
Pen and India ink drawing and gouache.
Titled “Mort” at the top center of the illustration. Titled “Vies fleuves et efficaces” on the reverse. On off-white mould-made paper. 44 x 58 cm (17.3 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [JS].
• Radical and modern: spectacular depiction of death in a full format.
• Visionary: Soutter's ink drawings and finger paintings anticipate artistic trends as far as Jean Michel Basquiat.
• Misunderstood during his lifetime, Soutter's captivating work, which he created at the Ballaigues asylum, is now considered a spectacular rediscovery.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for several decades.
• Louis Soutter's works are held by major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris (inv. no. 422).
Private collection, Berlin.
LITERATURE: Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter, Lausanne 1974/1976, CR no. 2386.
1871 - 1942
Mort - Vies fleuves et efficaces. 1930-1937.
Pen and India ink drawing and gouache.
Titled “Mort” at the top center of the illustration. Titled “Vies fleuves et efficaces” on the reverse. On off-white mould-made paper. 44 x 58 cm (17.3 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [JS].
• Radical and modern: spectacular depiction of death in a full format.
• Visionary: Soutter's ink drawings and finger paintings anticipate artistic trends as far as Jean Michel Basquiat.
• Misunderstood during his lifetime, Soutter's captivating work, which he created at the Ballaigues asylum, is now considered a spectacular rediscovery.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for several decades.
• Louis Soutter's works are held by major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris (inv. no. 422).
Private collection, Berlin.
LITERATURE: Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter, Lausanne 1974/1976, CR no. 2386.
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