25 years of Swiss art

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Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Kastanienallee bei Biberist, 1898 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Monday, September 24, 2012, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF2,500,000 - 3,500,000 Sold for: CHF5,400,000 Christie's

Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Femme (3éme recherche), 1962 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF400,000 - 600,000 Sold For: CHF3,120,000 Christie's

Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Der Traum des Hirten, 1896 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF1,500,000 - 2,000,000 Sold For: CHF2,880,000 Christie's

Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899), Le due madri, 1891 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Monday, March 21, 2011, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF800,000 - 1,200,000 Sold For: CHF1,440,000 Christie's

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Stafelalp mit Amselfluh, 1918 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF600,000 - 800,000 Sold For: CHF1,385,000 Christie's

Cuno Amiet (1868-1961), Frau im Garten, 1911 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Monday, March 19, 2007, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF400,000 - 600,000 Sold For: CHF1,200,000 Christie's

Albert Anker (1831-1910), Strickendes Mädchen mit Korb, um 1897 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Monday, June 16, 2008, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF800,000 - 1,200,000 Sold For: CHF840,000 Christie's

Max Bill (1908-1994), Doppelfarben im Kreuz, 1968 Christie's Zurich: Monday, September 21, 2009, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF80,000 - 120,000 Sold for: CHF96,000 Christie's

Paul Camenisch (1893-1970), Clown und Artistin, 1933 Sale of Christie's Zurich: Tuesday, June 27, 2006, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF8,000 - 12,000 Sold For: CHF10,800 Christie's

Richard Paul Lohse (1902-1988), Bewegung von 4 kontrastierenden Gruppen aus einem Zentrum, 1952/53 Sale of Christie’s Zurich: 30 May 2016, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF100,000-150,000 Sold for: CHF102,000 Christie's

Louis David Saugy (1871-1953), Montée à l’alpage fleurie Sale of Christie’s Zurich: 30 May 2016, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF35,000-45,000 Sold for: CHF45,600 Christie's

Felix Vallotton (1865-1925), Coucher de soleil à Grace, ciel orangé et vert, 1918 Sale of Christie’s Zurich: 30 May 2016, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF1,000,000-1,500,000 Sold for: CHF1,140,000 Christie's

Giovanni Giacometti (1868-1933), Il pittatore, 1921 Sale of Christie’s Zurich: 30 May 2016, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF380,000-500,000 Sold for: CHF456,000 Christie's

Cuno Amiet (1868-1961), Rosengarten, 1933 Sale of Christie’s Zurich: 30 May 2016, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF80,000-100,000 ​No sale. Christie's

Hans Arp (1886-1966), Dackelpuppe, 1965 Sale of Christie’s Zurich: 30 May 2016, Swiss Art Estimate: CHF150,000-200,000 Sold for: CHF156,000 Christie's

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Almost 100 Swiss works of art are going under the Christie’s hammer in Zurich on Monday as the auction house celebrates a quarter of a century of Swiss art sales. 

There have been 36 sales devoted to Swiss artists over the years. Several major galleries, including the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and New York’s Metropolitan Museum, exhibit the works sold at auction, such as Ferdinand Hodler’s Der Traum des Hirten. 

Christie’s said that in recent decades shows on Swiss artists such as Fischli/Weiss at the Guggenheim and Hodler at the Neue Galerie in New York had “ignited the interest of international collectors”. Swiss art has been sold to collectors around the world, from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow to a private collection in Texas. 

Christie’s Zurich has offered some 6,200 Swiss art works in the last 25 years. Here is a look at a few sold over the years and those in the May 30 auction. This latest auction includes Giovanni Giacometti, Fèlix Vallotton and examples of the Dada alternative art movement.