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Ferdinand Hodler
The Disillusioned One1892

Not on view
Oil painting, full-length portrait of a bald older man in a dark robe seated on a pale bench, head bowed, hands clasped, bare feet on snowy ground

Ferdinand Hodler, The Disillusioned One, 1892, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of B. Gerald Cantor in memory of William Bernhardt Potts, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ferdinand Hodler
Switzerland, 1853-1918
Title
The Disillusioned One
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1892
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 22 1/8 × 17 3/4 in. (56.2 × 45.09 cm) Frame: 27 1/2 × 23 1/4 × 2 in. (69.85 × 59.06 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor in memory of William Bernhardt Potts
Accession Number
M.78.63
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Kaplan, Julius. Symbolism, Europe and America at the end of the nineteenth century: an exhibition at the Art Gallery, California State College, San Bernardino, April 27-June 10, 1980. San Bernardino, Calif.: California State College, 1980.
  • Selz, Peter. Ferdinand Hodler. [Berkeley, Calif.]: [University Art Museum], 1972.