Femme Joyeuse [Joyful Woman]

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Artist Ferdinand Hodler(Swiss, 1853–1918)Swiss, 1853–1918

CultureSwiss

Titles

Femme Joyeuse [Joyful Woman]

Datec. 1911

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 51 9/16 × 36 1/8 in. (131 × 91.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 56 7/8 × 41 7/8 × 2 in. (144.5 × 106.4 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2025.412

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 203

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Galerie Thannhauser, Munich]; August Stein, Düsseldorf, 1913 [1]; Heirs of August Stein (1945–2000); [Christie's Geneva, Swiss Art Sale, December 5, 2000, Lot 50]; Private collection; purchased by MFAH, 2025.

[1] Purchased from Galerie Thannhauser, Munich, 1913 ( information provided by Prof. Rüdiger Haberland, Kaiserslautern, April 27, 2011).

Exhibition HistoryLent to Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (to be confirmed)
Published References Bätschmann, Oskar, and Paul Müller. Hodler: Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde. Vol. 3, Pt. 2. No. 1446, p. 407 (illus. p. 406). Brüschweiler, Jura. Ein Maler var Liebe und Tod: Ferdinand Hodler und Valentine Godé-Darel, ein werkzyklus 1908–1915, Zürich: Kunsthaus, Zürich, 1976, p. 13 Schmidt, Katharina ed. Ferdinand Hodler: A Symbolist Vision (Bern: Kunstmuseum Bern, 2008), illus. p. 168. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in black paint, bottom right corner: F. Hodler [print]
Verso: [inaccessible]

Recto: Signed in black paint, bottom right corner: F. Hodler [print]

Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]

Catalogue raisonnéBätschmann, Oskar, and Paul Müller. Hodler: Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde. Vol. 3, Pt. 2. No. 1446, p. 407 (illus. p. 406).

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