FRITZ HAUFLER 1927 SWISS STAINED GLASS PANEL

FRITZ HAUFLER (SWISS, 1885�1956) LEADED, ENAMEL-FIRED, AND STAINED GLASS, SIGNED UPPER RIGHT: "FR. HAUFLER BASEL / GLASMALER", INSCRIBED AND DATED 1927 UPPER LEFT AN ART DECO COMMEMORATIVE SWISS SHOOTING TROPHY PANEL (SCH�TZENSCHEIBE) FOR THE 9TH CANTONAL SHOOTING FESTIVAL OF BOTH BASELS IN BASEL (IX. KANTONAL SCH�TZENFEST BEIDER BASEL IN BASEL 1927), DEPICTING A MUSTACHIOED CITIZEN-SOLDIER IN TRADITIONAL 19TH-CENTURY BLACK COAT, BERET, AND CROSSBELT 7.625 X 5.375 IN CONDITION: VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION; GLASS PANELS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND FREE OF CRACKS, CHIPS, OR REPAIRS; ENAMEL AND GRISAILLE DETAILING CRISP AND WELL-PRESERVED; ORIGINAL SOLDERED LEAD CAMES INTACT AND SECURE WITH LIGHT AGE-APPROPRIATE PATINATION. 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.