Sotheby’s unveiled the highlights of its upcoming sale Swiss Art / Swiss Made, to be held on 5 December in Zurich. The auction will feature museum-quality masterworks by seminal artists including Ferdinand Hodler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Giovanni Giacometti, Félix Vallotton and Ernest Biéler. Since their launch, Sotheby’s themed sales, Swiss Art / Swiss Made, have resonated with collectors both in Switzerland and internationally, and in addition to the German painter Kirchner, this season’s auction will present works with a Swiss connection by internationally-renowned artists Christo and Balthus. Looking ahead to the sale, Stephanie Schleining and Urs Lanter, Co-Heads of Sotheby’s Swiss Art Department, commented: “It is a great honour for us to be able to present several museum-quality pieces representing the work of Switzerland’s iconic artists. It is rare to see assembled together such a broad and fine
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