FERDINAND HODLER (Bern 1853–1918 Geneva) Sheep in Villalba. 1879. Watercolour on paper. Monogrammed lower right: F.H. 14 × 22.8 cm. Provenance: - Collection of D. Schmidt, Geneva (label on verso). - Collection of Dr. Wyatt, Geneva (label on verso). - Sale, Sotheby's, Zurich, 2.6.1994, Lot 43. - Zurich private collection. Exhibited: - Geneva 1963, Ferdinand Hodler. Dessins, Musée Rath, 18.1.–17.2.1963, no. 9. - Zürich 1963, Ferdinand Hodler. Zeichnungen, Helmhaus Zurich, 8.3.–15.4.1963, no. 9. - Bern 1968, Ferdinand Hodler. Ausstellung zum 50. Todestag, Kunstmuseum Bern, 30.6.–18.8.1968, no. 107 (label on verso). Literature: Carl Albert Loosli: Generalkatalog in: Ferdinand Hodler. Leben, Werk und Nachlass, Suter 1921–24, vol. IV, p. 124, no. 1737, as 'Sheep. 1879'.

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