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Ferdinand Hodler: Portrait of Giulia Leonardi
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Portrait of Giulia Leonardi |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Leonardi’s upper left side is laminated by a bright light, the right side sinks into a shadow of blue and green that extends from her bare shoulder up to her right temple. Her cerise mouth is placed almost in the center of the portrait and accentuated by black outlines. Her head is tilted to her left. Leonardi’s striking nose stands is emphasized, and her wild dark tresses seem to have a life of their own, evoking the ancient Greek myth of Medusa, with hair of serpents and burning eyes. She is dangerous and alluring, challenging. Hodler did not date this version. |
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| Date | circa 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 34.7 × 40 cm (13.6 × 15.7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
English: At auction in Zurich on 3 December 2010 Estimate E 220 000 – E 300 000 Sale Z29 Lot 3045 - 27 June 2014 14:00 |
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| Inscriptions | Signature bottom right [F. Hodler] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Giulia Leonardi was a singer and guitarist from Italy who performed at a cafe in Geneva where she met with Hodler who was fascinated about her and made a number of portraits of her, among them the famous “Das entzückte Weib” (Enchanted Woman), including a version in Geneva’s Musée d’art et d’histoire from 1910–11. and several versions of Giulia Leonardi’s half-length portrait are known. In 1939, the city of Zurich acquired an “Italian Head (Giulia Leonardi)” three-quarter portrait. In a version sold by Koller, Zurich, in late 2009 for E 276 000, the performer looks coquettishly at the observer. |
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| References | Koller Auktionen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://magazine.internationalauctioneers.com/current_issue/IA_Magazine.pdf p. 32/33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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