FRITZ HAUFLER 1927 SWISS STAINED GLASS PANEL

FRITZ HAUFLER (SWISS, 1885�1956)
LEADED, ENAMEL-FIRED, AND FLASHED STAINED GLASS IN WOODEN DISPLAY FRAME, MONOGRAMMED IN UPPER CORNERS, SIGNED AND DATED 1927 TO LOWER REVERSE/TEXT PANEL.
AN ART DECO SWISS COMMEMORATIVE SHOOTING TROPHY PANEL (SCH�TZENSCHEIBE) COMMEMORATING THE 9TH CANTONAL SHOOTING FESTIVAL OF BOTH BASELS (IX. KANTONAL SCH�TZENFEST BEIDER BASEL IN BASEL, 2.�10. JULI 1927), DEPICTING A HEROIC STANDARD-BEARER (VENNER) IN RENAISSANCE ATTIRE.
12.5 X 10.25 IN FRAMED
CONDITION: SIGNIFICANT CONDITION DEFECTS COMPRISING A LARGE MISSING CENTRAL GLASS SECTION AT THE LOWER ABDOMEN / GROIN AREA OF THE CENTRAL FIGURE; MULTIPLE VISIBLE HAIRLINE STRESS FRACTURES INCLUDING A TRANSVERSE CRACK THROUGH THE RIGHT LOWER LEG / HOSE (CROSSING TO ADJACENT LEAD), AND DIAGONAL HAIRLINE CRACKS THROUGH THE BLACK FABRIC OF THE LEFT THIGH
FRITZ HAUFLER (1885�1956) WAS AN INFLUENTIAL SWISS STAINED GLASS MASTER AND PAINTER WHO OPERATED A RENOWNED BASEL WORKSHOP FOLLOWING ARTISTIC TRAINING IN BASEL, MUNICH, AND PARIS. CELEBRATED FOR MONUMENTAL CIVIC AND CHURCH COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT SWITZERLAND, HE MODERNIZED THE TRADITIONAL SWISS PRESENTATION GLASS (WAPPENSCHEIBEN) CONVENTION WITH MUSCULAR ART DECO FIGURATION, DYNAMIC LEADWORK, AND SATURATED POT-METAL COLORATION.