Personnage nimbé et assis. 1937-1942.
India Ink.
On wove paper. 49 x 67 cm (19.2 x 26.3 in), the full sheet.
With a second composition on the reverse: "Eléments cruciformes" (Thévoz 2735v). [KT].

• Unrecognized during his lifetime, Soutter only received posthumous acclaim as one of the most important representatives of Art Brut.
• His radical work, characterized by extreme subjective and existential feelings, is considered a spectacular discovery.
Soutter's ecstatic finger painting of enigmatic shadow figures from his last creative phase is considered his most sought-after creation.
• Comparable works can be found in significant international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris..

PROVENANCE: Dr. A. Hassler Collection, Aarau.
From a Swiss collection.

LITERATURE: Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter, vol. II: Catalogue de l'œuvre, Lausanne 1976, no. 2735r and 2735v (illu.).