Lied in der Ferne

c. 1914, later revised

Ferdinand Hodler1853 Bern – 1918 Genf
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The first version (1906; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen) of the pictorial idea, which was initially called 'The Song in the Distance', is characterized by an intense blue-green tension between figure and ground, while this late, arguably unfinished version is entirely limited to the ornamental flow of lines of the figure.
Also known as
Song from Afar Das Lied aus der Ferne [historic]
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 180 x 129 cm
Inventory number
1183
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Alfred Rütschi, 1919