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Highlights 

Fine Art Auction Sales 

Auction sale: 13 to 15 June 2012 

Preview 2 to 10 June 2012 

(daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) 

Camille Pissarro's women having a bath in the river, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's lady in a black robe - the Fischer 

Gallery offers first-class Modern Art in its upcoming auction on the 13 to 15 June 2012. Furthermore there are 

outstanding works for example by Gino Severini and Pablo Picasso. 

Also in the category old master paintings and 19th century paintings there is a large amount of top class 

works of art. For example there are the painting “Zeus pester Semele“ by Erasmus Quellinus and the portrait 

„Clio, the historical muse” by Jean Raoux. 

A very special highlight of Swiss Art is the still life with coffee by Albert Anker, which is estimated 1 to 1.5 million 

Swiss Francs. According to leading experts of the works by Albert Anker his still lifes are proof of his high 

virtuosity. Furthermore there are beautiful works of art by Augusto and Alberto Giacometti, Ernest Biéler as well 

as Alexandre Calame. 

A detailled report you can find on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/UserData/MediaNewsItem_en_121918_00.pdf. 

Regularly we update our list of highlights on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/auktion/preview.aspx?l=en. 

For photos please click on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/downloads/objekte.aspx?type=PressInfoList&l=en. 

Once more we would like to point to the very interesting letter written on the 8th march 1917 by Albert 

Einstein addressed to Walther Rathenau, the German foreign minister in the 1920s. Detailled information you 

can find on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/UserData/MediaNewsItem_en_121913_00.pdf. 

Dr. Kuno Fischer

Modern & Contemporary Art 

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR 

Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes 

La femme à la robe noire 

Mogrammed "R" top right. 

Oil on canvas, 33,3 x 19,1 cm 

CHF 600'000 / 800'000 resp. EUR 500'000 / 666'000 

Certificate: 

The work of art is going to be included in the catalogue raisonné "Catalogue critique du peintre 

Pierre-Auguste Renoir" of the Fonds d'archives François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and 

Wildenstein (written confirmation by the Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 30 Januaryy 2003). 

Literature: 

Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, Paris 1918, revised new 

edition. San Francisco 1989, p.. 212, no. 899. 

Provenance: 

Swiss private collection 

LUCIO FONTANA 

Rosario 1899-1968 Comabbio 

Concetto spaziale 

Created in 1962. Signed "L. Fontana" lower right. 

Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm, in acrylic box 

CHF 400'000 / 600'000 resp. EUR 333'000 / 500'000 

Certificate: 

Confirmation of authenticity by the Atelier Lucio Fontana, Milano, 26 September 1969. 

Letter by Valeria Ernesti, Fondazione Lucio Fontana, 27 March 2007 (including the confirmation that 

the work of art is listed in the "Catalogo ragionato" under no. 62 O 49 and that the correct 

measurements are 55 x 46 cm instead of 60 x 55). 

Literature: 

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Generale, vol. II, Bruxelles 1974, no. 62 O 49, p. 118 (with 

picture) 

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 62 O 49, p.. 400 (with 

picture, measurements not correctly quoted) 

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 

2006, no.. 62 O 49, p.. 585 (with picture) 

Exhibition: 

McRoberts & Tunnard, London, Fontana Paintings 1962, no. 9 (with picture) 

Ardesio, Il Incontro artistico ad Ardesio, July 1973 (with picture) 

Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Fontana, 7. to 29. March 1986, No. 20 (with picture) 

Provenance: 

Charles Wilp, Düsseldorf 

V. Vasata, Düsseldorf 

Galleria d'arte "dei Mille", Bergamo 

Studio Brescia, Arte Contemporanea, Brescia 

Swiss private collection

CAMILLE PISSARRO 

Saint-Thomas 1830-1903 Paris 

Baigneuses assises au bord d'une rivière 

Signed "C. Pissarro" and dated "1901" lower right. 

Gouache on silk, mounted on board, in passepartout, ca. 19 x ca. 25,8 cm (LM 17,5 x 23,5 

cm), framed 

CHF 350'000 / 450'000 resp. EUR 291'00 / 375'000 

Literature: 

Ludovic Rodo Pissarro/Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son Art - Son Oeuvre, Catalogue 

Raisonné, Paris 1939, New edition. San Francisco 1989, Vol. I, P. 287, No. 1496 (Description), Vol. 

II, Tafel 289, No. 1496 (with picture) 

Exhibition: 

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, L'Oeuvre de Camille Pissarro, April 1904, No. 171 

Provenance: 

Albert Pra, France 

Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Auction sale, Succession Albert Pra, 17 June 1938, Cat.no. 47 

French private collection (purchased from the grandfather in Paris around 1938-39) 

Sotheby's, London, Auction sale, 25. June 2002, Cat.no. 113 


PABLO PICASSO 

Malaga 1881-1973 Mougins 

Corbeille et fruits 

Signed "Picasso" and dated "20-6-20" top left. On the reverse numbered "1182.23", "3184", "V" 

and customs mark. On the board label "Saidenberg Gallery", "Galerie Beyeler", "The 

Minneapolis Institute of Arts" and "San Francisco Museum of Art". 

Gouache, dip pen, Indian ink and pencil on China paper, in passepartout, 22 x 32 cm, framed, 

lower on the left of the center little defective spot 

CHF 380'000 / 440'000 resp.. EUR 316'000 / 366'000 

Literature: 

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Bd. 4, Oeuvres de 1920 à 1922, Paris 1951, No. 117 (with picture. 

P. 37) 

The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, Neoclassicism I, 

1920-1921, San Francisco 1995, No. 20-263. 

Exhibition: 

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Picasso, 90 works on paper, 15 November 1971 to 15 January 1972, No. 15 

(with picture) 

The Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Picasso, Braque, Léger, Masterpieces from Swiss Collections, 

October 1975 to January 1976, No. 14 (with picture. p. 13). This exhibition moved to the 

University of Houston, Houston, The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, January to March 1976 and 

The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, March to May 1976 

Provenance: 

Saidenberg Gallery, New York 

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1971, No. 5662) 


German private collection 

Dorotheum, Vienna, Auction sale, 29 May 2007, Cat.no. 34 

Swiss private collection

GINO SEVERINI 

Cortona 1883-1966 Paris 

"Gavroche” 

Signed "G. Severini", dated "29 Sept. 1947", inscribed "A mon ami très cher Fernand Dumas - 

affectueusement" and "Romont" lower right. On the reverse dated "1946" and inscribed 

"Paris". 

Oil and gouache on board, in passepartout, 30 x 33,9 cm (25,5 x 29 cm), framed. Outside the 

painted area, in the ca. 2,2 cm white based margin slightly faded. 

CHF 150'000 / 200'000 resp. EUR 125'000 / 166'650 

Provenance: 

Fernand Dumas (Moudon 1892-1956 Locarno), Swiss architect, who has been working together 

with Gino Severini since 1923 

Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Auction sale, 21 June 1996, Cat.no. 136 


YURI (ZHORZH) PAVLOVICH ANNENKOV 

Petropavlovsk-on-Kamchatka 1889-1974 Paris 

No title 

Signed in Cyrillic „Y. Annenkov" and dated "1922" lower right. On the reverse label 

"Collection Erik and Lilott Berganus" with information about the artist, work of art and numbr 

“65-73/IV". 

Mixing technique (Collage, Indian ink, dip pen, coal), 56 x 41,5 cm 

CHF 100’000/160'000 resp. EUR 82’900/132’700 

Certificate: 

Conformation of authenticity of the artist, 27 November 1972, on the reverse of a photography 

(original). 

Provenance: 

Collection Erik and Lilott Berganus Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne 

Swiss private collection (purchased by the above mentioned gallery in 1980)

Old master paintings and 19th century paintings 

ERASMUS QUELLINUS 

Antwerp 1607-1678 Antwerp 

Zeus pester Semele 

Oil on canvas, 178 x 208 cm, not framed. The canvas is underlaid by a second canvas. Little 

defects of pigment. 

CHF 150'000/180'000 resp. EUR 125'000/150'000 

Certificate: 

We thank Mr. Ludwig Meyer, Archiv für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, for his support finding the artist 

of this painting (Letter 24 February 2012). 

JEAN RAOUX 

Montpellier 1677-1734 Paris 

Clio, die Muse der Geschichte 

In the lower left corner number "10", in the lower right corner number "116". 

Oil on canvas, relined, 141 x 118 cm. 

CHF 40'000/60'000 resp. EUR 33'350/50'000 

Literature: 

Celia Alegret, Author of the catalogue raisonné wanted to include the paintings as no. 65 in the 

catalogue (written confirmation of the planned description oft he painting, Paris 1993). 

Provenance: 

According to earlier pinned notes: "Aus d. Gemäldesammlung d. Frh. v. Heintze" (handschriftlich) 

"Eine der neun Musen in reichem, faltigen Gewande. Grösse:... cm. Alter holzgeschnitzter Rokoko- 

Rahmen" 

"Prinzlich Preussisches Privat-Familienfideikommiss Trensches (?) No. 101" 

Yvette Brunschwig, Lugano before 1940 

Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction sale November 2004, Cat.no. 1097 

Since than in Swiss private collection 

FLEMISH ARTIST AROUND 1600 

Landscape with mountains, waterfall, mill and Maria Magdalena 

On the reverse old label "Joh. Brueghel geb. zu Brüssel 1589 gest. 1658." and written note in 

pencil "Schönfeld". 

Oil on panel, 53,5 x 72 cm 

CHF 50'000/60'000 resp. EUR 41'650/50'000

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