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Oskar Kokoschka*
(Pöchlarn 1886 - 1980 Montreux)
„Two ex libris sketches for Emma Bacher “
Vienna, 1909
pencil on paper, brush in India ink; "lovers with wolf in exotic landscape" (recto) und "fruits with fish and flowers" (verso) resp. "mother and child threatened by fish" (recto) und part of a sketch (verso), 1 inscribed "FRAU EMMA BACHER", 1 inscribed front and back "EX LIBRIS/FRAU EMMA BACHER"; irregular sheets; framed
approx. 18.6 x 12.4 cm (lovers), approx. 17.2 x 14 cm (mother with child), 44 x 36.2 cm (incl. frame)
Provenance
collection Reinhold Graf Bethusy-Huc, Vienna;
private property, Vienna
Exhibition
1971 London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Kokoschka, no. 2 and 3;
1976 London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Homage to Kokoschka, no. 2 and 3;
1987 Santa Barbara/Kansas City/Northhampton, Santa Barbara Museum/Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art/Smith College Museum, Orbis Pictus: The prints of Oskar Kokoschka 1906-1976, no. 176 and 177;
1994 Vienna, Albertina, no. 84 (only "lovers with wolf in exotic landscape");
1994/95 Ulm, Krakow, Katowice, no. 19 and 20;
1996/97 Olso, Helsinki 1996/97, no. 66 (only "mother and child threatened by fish")
Literature
Weidinger, Oskar Kokoschka. Dreaming boy. Enfant terrible. (exhibition catalogue, Stenersen Museum, Oslo 1996/1997; Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki 1997), Vienna 1996, ill. 66 (mother and child threatened by fish);
Heinz Spielmann, Oskar Kokoschka. Leben und Werk, Cologne 2003, p. 83 (lovers with wolf in exotic landscape);
Weidinger/Strobl, Oskar Kokoschka. Die Zeichnungen und Aquarelle. 1897-1916, Salzburg 2008, p. 190-191, ill. 282 and 283
Reserve Price: € 15.000 +fees +if applicable Droit de Suite
The same fees apply for bids at the reserve price as during the auction and a knockdown can take place immediately after processing.Estimate: € 15.000 - 25.000