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3189 - Hans Erni
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Hans Erni 1909 Lucerne 2015 Abstraction. 1933 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: erni. Titled and dated on the reverse: abstraction 1933 Framed 72.5 × 92 cm Abstraction-Création. Hans Erni. Non-Figurative Art 1933–38, Hans Erni Museum/Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne, 1982, no. 3 (featured in the exhibition catalog with a full-page illustration on p. 43); Hommage à Picasso, Picasso Museum, Lucerne, October 11, 2006 – January 7, 2007; Encounters, Hans Erni Museum, Lucerne, 2008/09 With the painting “Abstraction,” created in 1933, Hans Erni documents his early engagement with the constructive and geometric tendencies of the European avant-garde. During his stays in Paris, he encountered the ideas of Cubism and Surrealism, as well as the efforts of the artists’ association “Abstraction-Création,” which championed non-representational art. In this work, Erni combines clearly defined geometric planes with freely curving lines and organic forms. The carefully graded shades of brown, ochre, and gray lend the composition a sculptural quality and create a multi-layered spatial structure. The painting illustrates the then 24-year-old artist’s search for an independent abstract visual language and is among the early examples of his intensive engagement with international modernism. Very small tear in the lower right corner. Auction date: November 28, 2026 Approximate auction time: 3:27 p.m. CET
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Autumn Auction 2026 (Day 4 of 4)Auction house
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