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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 2, 2021 | Koller Auktionen | Zurich | SWISS ART | 3079 | $****** - ****** | Guard in London |
paintings
136 x 55.5 cm (53.54 x 21.85 in)
Oil and charcoal on red, unprimed canvas
Signed upper right: VARLIN
- "La Peau de l"Ours" Collection, acquired 1956.
- Swiss private collection.
- Zurich 1956, Zürcher Maler der mittleren Generation, Kunsthaus Zürich, 3.3.-15.4.1956, no. 376.
- Basel 1956, 10 Zürcher Maler, 15.5.-24.6.1956, no. 146 (with ill.).
- St. Gallen 1958, Varlin, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 31.5.-20.7.1958, no. 55, with ill., p. 33.
- London/Paris 1959/60, From Hodler to Klee, Tate Gallery, Oktober 1959, no. 72 (with ill.); Musée National d"Art Moderne, January-February 1960, no. 74 (with ill.).
- Zurich 1960, Varlin, Kunsthaus Zürich, 9.3.-3.4.1960, no. 79.
- Venice 1960, 30. Biennale Internazionale d"Arte, Swiss Pavilion: Varlin, Tschumi, Müller, 18.6.-16.10.1960, no. 44.
- Biel 1964, Varlin, Städtische Galerie, 15.2.-22.3.1964, no. 29.
- Basel 1964, Sammlung La Peau de l"Ours, Kunsthalle Basel, 24.10.-22.11.1964, no. 10 (with ill.).
- Warsaw/Krakow 1965, Schweizer Kunst von Hodler bis heute, National Museum, 26.4.-31.5.1965; National Museum, 8.6.-11.7.1965.
- Basel 1967, Varlin, Kunsthalle Basel, 28.10.-26.11.1967, no. 62.
- Spiez 2004, Fassade und Persönlichkeit - VARLIN - Schlösser und Uniformen, Schloss Spiez, 20.6.-19.9.2004 (label verso).
- Sonntag - Bildniskunst in Bern, in: Weltwoche, 9.5.1956.
- Paul Nizon: Varlin. Ausstellung im Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 23.6.1958.
- Manuel Gasser: So malte man damals, so malt man heute, in: In freien Stunden, 50. vol., no. 37, 13.9.1958, p. 15, with ill.
- Manuel Gasser: Varlin - ein Maler unserer Zeit, in: Du, 20. Jhg., March 1960, p. 35, with colour ill., title page.
- Herbert Gröger: Varlin im Zürcher Kunsthaus, in: Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 22.3.1960.
- Eduard Plüss and Hans Christoph von Tavel, Künstler-Lexikon der Schweiz, XX. Jahrhundert, vol. II, Frauenfeld 1963-67, p. 1008.
- Georges Peillex: Varlin, pessimiste souriant, in: Style, no. 1, 1964, p. 91, as ‘Horse guard."
- Exh. cat: Biel. Varlin, Städtische Galerie, 15. February-22. March, in: Werk, 51. vol., issue 5.5.1964, chronicle, p. 107.
- Giovanni Testori: Varlin"s Unforgettable and Secret Britain, in: Exh. cat. Matthiesen Fine Art LTD, London 1985, p. 27.
- Franca Guggenheim and Peter Keckeis: Varlin. Briefe und Schriften, Zurich 1989, p. 64.
- Patrizia Guggenheim and Tobias Eichelberg: Varlin. Wenn ich dichten könnte. Briefe und Schriften, Zurich 1998, p. 287.
- Paola Tedeschi-Pellanda and Patrizia Guggenheim: Varlin. Werkverzeichnis der Bilder, Zurich and Frankfurt 2000, vol. II, p. 172, no. 799 (with ill.).
VARLIN (WILLY GUGGENHEIM)
(Zürich 1900-1977 Bondo)
Guard in London. 1955.
Oil and charcoal on red, unprimed canvas.
Signed upper right: VARLIN.
136 × 55.5 cm.
