LOUIS SOUTTER (Morges 1871–1942 Ballaigues) Le monstre amour…

Lot no. 3068

Estimate: CHF 150,000 - CHF 250,000

Sale date : 11/28/2025 at 2:00 PM

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LOUIS SOUTTER (Morges 1871–1942 Ballaigues) Le monstre amoureux. 1937–42. Verso: Crucifixion. India ink and gouache on paper (finger painting). Inscribed upper left and centre right: "Le monstre amoureux" and "Le géant amoureux". 65 × 50 cm. Provenance: - Collection of Walter-du Martheray, Perroy. - Galerie Haas, Zurich. - European private collection (acquired directly from the above gallery in the 1990s). Exhibited: - Lausanne, Aarau, Dortmund, Recklinghausen, Braunschweig and Heidelberg 1961/62, Exposition Louis Soutter (1871–1942), Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts; Aargauer Kunsthaus; Museum am Ostwall; Städtische Kunsthalle; Braunschweiger Kunstverein; Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2 March–28 May 1961, 25 June–6 August 1961; 1 November–26 November 1961; December 1961; January–February 1962, no. 230. - Lucerne 1962, Meisterzeichnungen von Réné Auberjonois; Alberto Giacometti; Robert Schürch; Louis Soutter, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3 June–8 July 1962, no. 141. - Zurich 1963, Louis Soutter, Galerie Walcheturm, 25 April–19 May 1963, no. 32. - Lausanne 1964, Art suisse au XXe siècle, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, 30 April–25 October 1964, no. 208. - St. Gallen and Berlin 1967/68, Fünf Waadtländer Künstler, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen; Galerie des XX. Jahrhunderts, 7 October–19 November 1967; 29 March–5 May 1968, no. 102; no. 77. Literature: - Exh. cat. Exposition Louis Soutter (1871–1942), Lausanne, Aarau, Dortmund, Recklinghausen, Braunschweig and Heidelberg 1961/62, no. 230, as "Le monstre amoureux". - Exh. cat. Meisterzeichnungen von Réné Auberjonois, Alberto Giacometti, Robert Schürch, Louis Soutter, Lucerne 1962, p. 19, no. 141. - Exh. cat. Fünf Waadtländer Künstler, St. Gallen und Berlin 1967/68, p. 32, no. 102. - Michael Thévoz: Louis Soutter. Catalogue de l'œuvre, Zurich 1976, vol. II, p. 346, no. 2739 (with ill.). * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.

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