Julius Bissier - Hl. Hieronymus

Julius Bissier

Hl. Hieronymus
1921

Tempera on canvas on wooden panel 91.3 x 51.5 cm Framed. Monogrammed and dated 'JHB 21' in red brown lower centre within the depiction. Verso additionally monogrammed and dated in black brush as well as inscribed 'Vorsicht! Farben sind wasserlöslich. Über den Farben ist Öl-Lack.'

Certificate

We would like to thank Pedro Riz à Porta, Archivio Bissier, Ascona, for additional information.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner; in family possession, Rhineland-Palatinate/North Rhine-Westphalia since

Exhibitions

Freiburg im Breisgau 1994 (Museum für Neue Kunst), Julius Bissier. Vom Anfang der Bilder 1915-1939, cat. no. 17 with illus. p. 13; Saint-Etienne 2001/2002 (Musée d'Art Moderne), Julius Bissier, Oeuvres 1913-1965, p. 203