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Irène Zurkinden: Love, Life 

13.06.2025 - 07.09.2025


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About Irène Zurkinden
Biography Raphael Suter
Biography Sibylle Piermattei Geiger

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Irène Zurkinden, Meret à l'orange, 1932–35. Oil on canvas, 65 × 54.5 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel, acquisition © Estate Irène Zurkinden.
Photo: Martin P. Bühler

Irène Zurkinden, Selbstporträt im Atelier (Self-Portrait in the studio), 1926–28. Oil on canvas, 119.4 × 100 cm. Stiftung für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Winterthur.
Photo: SKKG 2022

Irène Zurkinden, Untitled (Self-Portrait, pregnant), 1937. Oil on cardboard, 51 x 36 cm. © Estate Irène Zurkinden, represented by Galerie Knoell AG.
Photo: Studio David Berweger

Irène Zurkinden, Nature morte aux oeufs (Still life with eggs), 1981. Oil on wood, 21,5 x 27 cm. © Estate Irène Zurkinden, represented by Galerie Knoell AG.

Irène Zurkinden, Design for the Wall Tapestry in the Wedding Room of the Civil Registry Office, 1962. Gouache on paper, 301 x 150 cm. Collection Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt.
Photo: Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, David Berweger

Irène Zurkinden, Rue d'Odessa en fête, 1935. Oil on canvas, 62 × 49 cm. Helvetia Art Collection.

Irène Zurkinden, Cirque en plein-air, 1937. Oil on canvas, 59 x 71 cm. Private collection.
Photo: Studio David Berweger

Irène Zurkinden, Femmes et chevaux de cirque, 1977. Oil on canvas, 150 × 300 cm. Private Collection Carabelli, Switzerland.
Photo: Studio David Berweger

Irène Zurkinden, Untitled (Two Women Looking at Two Women), 1936. Black ink on notebook page, 21 × 25.7 cm. © Estate Irène Zurkinden, represented by Galerie Knoell AG.
Photo: Studio David Berweger

Irène Zurkinden, “Kurt”, undated. Graphite, chalk, and black ink on paper, 26.3 × 16.2 cm. © Estate Irène Zurkinden, represented by Galerie Knoell AG.

Irène Zurkinden, Untitled (Vally), undated [1930s]. Black ink on paper, 25.5 × 17 cm. Private collection, Basel.
Photo: Studio David Berweger

Irène Zurkinden, Untitled (surrealist drawing), 1983. Black ink and graphite on paper, 16 × 40 cm. Private collection, Basel.
Photo: Studio David Berweger

Portrait Raphael Suter
Photo: Chantal Convertini

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