ZURICH.- Sotheby’s Zurich last evening sold a major landscape by the celebrated Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler – Genfersee von Chexbres aus (Lake Geneva from Chexbres) for CHF 7,138,500 (5,784,660). A new world auction record for a work by Albert Anker was also established when Strickendes Mädchen, Kleinkind in der Wiege hütend achieved CHF 6,130,500 (4,967,830). Estimated in excess of CHF 11 million, tonights auction realised CHF 17,410,500 (14,108,540), bringing the total of Swiss Art sold by Sothebys Zurich in 2011 to CHF 26,864,000 (21,839,139). Commenting on the sales results, Urs Lanter, Head of Sothebys Swiss Art Department said: Since the launch of the Swiss Art sale in 1979, Sothebys Zurich has sold some of Ferdinand Hodlers most important landscapes to have come to auction*. Genfersee von Chexbres aus is a major work by the internationally accl