Femme assise, Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
1886 - 1980
Femme assise
signed OK and inscribed (lower right)
pencil on paper
27 by 20.1cm., 10 5/8 by 8in.
Framed: 57 by 47.5cm., 22 1/2 by 18 3/4 in.
Drawn circa 1920-22.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Professor Alfred Weidinger.
Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount along all four edges and floating in the overmount. The sheet is slightly time-stained and the left edge is perforated (the work was originally part of a sketch book) with some associated tiny tears and paper losses from when the sheet was removed. There is a crease running diagonally across the lower left corner and a few minor flattened creases to the lower left quadrant. There are some glue remnants to parts of the extreme edges and a few tiny spots of foxing in places. The sheet is very slightly undulated at the left and right edges. This work is in overall good condition.
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Provenance:
Mr. & Mrs. Ostow, USA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (a gift from the above in 1978)
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired by the previous owner circa 2010
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Oskar Kokoschka
1886 - 1980
Femme assise
signed OK and inscribed (lower right)
pencil on paper
27 by 20.1cm., 10 5/8 by 8in.
Framed: 57 by 47.5cm., 22 1/2 by 18 3/4 in.
Drawn circa 1920-22.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Professor Alfred Weidinger.
Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount along all four edges and floating in the overmount. The sheet is slightly time-stained and the left edge is perforated (the work was originally part of a sketch book) with some associated tiny tears and paper losses from when the sheet was removed. There is a crease running diagonally across the lower left corner and a few minor flattened creases to the lower left quadrant. There are some glue remnants to parts of the extreme edges and a few tiny spots of foxing in places. The sheet is very slightly undulated at the left and right edges. This work is in overall good condition.
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Provenance:
Mr. & Mrs. Ostow, USA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (a gift from the above in 1978)
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired by the previous owner circa 2010
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