FERDINAND HODLER (Bern 1853–1918 Geneva) Taker of the Oath. 1912/13. Oil on paper laid on canvas. Signed lower right: F. Hodler. 43.5 × 17 cm. Provenance: - Collection of Max Hermann Heine, Leipzig, 1938. - Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, 1938–1994. - Private collection (restitution). - Sale, Sotheby's, Zurich, 2.6.1994, Lot 88a. The work is registered as an autographic work by Ferdinand Hodler under number 1585 in the online database of the catalogue raisonné by Oskar Bätschmann and Paul Müller: Ferdinand Hodler. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde.

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