Seated Female Nude by Fritz Glarner
Charcoal on cream paper This finely modeled charcoal drawing presents a seated female nude viewed from the back, her form
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Femme Moderne – Fritz Glarner circa 1920
Charcoal on brown paper This striking large-format modernist portrait depicts a woman with stylized features and a self-assured expression, rendered
Young Woman at a Desk – Fritz Glarner (1920s or 1930s)
Charcoal on cream laid paper This expressive charcoal sketch depicts a young woman, perhaps a fellow art student, leaning pensively
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Max Hunziker – Chess Players
The Swiss art historian Adolf Reinle described Max Hunziker as a “Christian Surrealist.” This Zurich born painter, graphic artist, and illustrator is perhaps best known internationally for his stained glass windows (including the three choir windows of the Johanneskirche in Bern).
Antique Prints
Boydell Shakespeare Gallery – Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene I from the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery This scene captures Mistress Ford and
Switzerland
Johann Jacob Wehrli – Swiss Teacher, Director of School for the Poor at Hofwil
Johann Jacob Wehrli (1790 Thurgau – 1855 Andwil) Famous socially engaged Swiss teacher who served as the director of the
Fred Fay – Woodblock Portrait of a Swiss Farmer
Woodcut portrait of a bearded Swiss farmer from the Valais wearing a hat with a village and the alps in
Calandre Sous Geneve – Paquis, Geneva Textile Manufacture (Reserved)
Vue d’une Calandre Sous Geneve (Au Pâquis) Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around 1780. Dessine par Perignon ptre
Swiss Army Standard Bearer – Uniforms after the Ordonnanz of 1852
A handsome Swiss army standard bearer with a moustache and carrying the Swiss flag in a lithograph illustrating the new
Folk Art
Swiss Paper Cut Friendship Letter dated 1856
Freundschaftsbrief – Swiss Folk Art Friendship Letter Antique Papercut A beautiful example of an 19th Century “Friendship Letter” – handpainted
