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Adolf Wölfli

Swiss | 1864 - 1930

Adolf Wölfli was a Swiss artist who was born in 1864. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Kunstmuseum Bern. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunstmuseum Bern have featured Adolf Wölfli's work in the past.Adolf Wölfli's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 150 USD to 795,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 795,000 USD for DER SAN SALVATHOR, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2018. Adolf Wölfli has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Hyperallergic and Phaidon. The most recent article is Outsider Art Fair Review: Treasures Beyond the Mainstream written for The Wall Street Journal in March 2024. The artist died in 1930.

Untitled - Adolf Wölfli

colored pencil on paper

18 5/8 x 24 1/2 in. (47.3 x 62.2 cm)

DER SAN SALVATHOR - Adolf Wölfli

DER SAN SALVATHOR, 1926

graphite, colored pencil and crayon on paper

58 1/2 x 83 in.; 148.6 x 210.8 cm

FLIEHE VOHR DER SÜNDE, WIE VOHR EINER SCHLANGE - Adolf Wölfli

FLIEHE VOHR DER SÜNDE, WIE VOHR EINER SCHLANGE

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Ohne Titel - Adolf Wölfli

Ohne Titel

By Adolf Wölfli

+87%

above mid-estimate

Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Basel

DER HARZFORMIGE, NITNIXA UND DOHRN (DOUBLE-SIDED - Adolf Wölfli

DER HARZFORMIGE, NITNIXA UND DOHRN (DOUBLE-SIDED

By Adolf Wölfli

+26%

above mid-estimate

Christie's New York

UNTITLED (MAZURKA-VOLL SCHLÜSS'L ANFANG), (DOUBLE-SIDED - Adolf Wölfli

UNTITLED (MAZURKA-VOLL SCHLÜSS'L ANFANG), (DOUBLE-SIDED

By Adolf Wölfli

-22%

below mid-estimate

Christie's New York

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Current Exhibitions

Celestial Epics: Art Brut in the Decharme Collection - Villa Medici

Celestial Epics: Art Brut in the Decharme Collection

Roma | Italy

Mar 01,2024 - May 19,2024

The Collection From Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to Pablo Picasso, from Jackson Pollock to Meret Oppenheim - Kunstmuseum Bern

The Collection From Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to Pablo Picasso, from Jackson Pollock to Meret Oppenheim

Kunstmuseum Bern

Bern | Switzerland

Nov 06,2023 - Dec 31,2024

Past Exhibitions

Anecdotes of destiny - Kunstmuseum Bern

Anecdotes of destiny

Kunstmuseum Bern

Bern | Switzerland

Jul 28,2023 - Jan 07,2024

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Articles

Outsider Art Fair Review: Treasures Beyond the Mainstream

Outsider Art Fair Review: Treasures Beyond the Mainstream

The Wall Street Journal 01/03/2024

This fair is a shot across the bow of contemporary-art hierarchies, proving that great work can be made even without an MFA.

'Masterpieces' Find New Homes in Slotin Auction's Fall Self-Taught Sale

'Masterpieces' Find New Homes in Slotin Auction's Fall Self-Taught Sale

ArtDaily 07/11/2023

With 712 lots, Slotin Auction’s Fall Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale cuts a path wide and deep through the self-taught art field.

Warm Institutional Embrace of Self-Taught Artists

Warm Institutional Embrace of Self-Taught Artists

Hyperallergic 07/09/2023

There are no “outsiders” in this exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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