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Cuno Amiet: The Consecration

Result CHF3,800,000
Published on , by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker
Auction on 17 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Laupenstrasse, 41 - CH-3008 Berne

This is the second time in less than a year that the Bern auction house set a record with one of its featured artists, followed by Käthe Kollwitz and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

Cuno Amiet (1868-1961), Mère et enfant dans une prairie couverte de fleurs (Mother... Cuno Amiet: The Consecration

Cuno Amiet (1868-1961), Mère et enfant dans une prairie couverte de fleurs (Mother and Child in a Meadow Covered with Flowers), 1906, oil on canvas, 99.5 x 91.5 cm/39.17 x 36.02 in.
Result: CHF 3.8 M

The June 17 sale began with five works by a key Swiss artist, Cuno Amiet. His name set the room abuzz from the outset: for the first lot, the portrait Otti , bidding quickly rose to CHF 360,000, six times more than its CHF-60,000 starting price—a fine result for a little…
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Tableaux modernes
Friday 17 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST)
Laupenstrasse, 41 - CH-3008 Berne, Suisse
Galerie Kornfeld