Lot 41 | Oskar Kokoschka | Gladiolen

KOKOSCHKA, OSKAR
1886 Pöchlarn - 1980 Montreux

Title: Gladiolen.
Date: ca. 1940.
Technique: Watercolour on brownish paper.
Measurement: 65 x 50.5cm.
Notation: Signed below the depiction right: OKokoschka. Inscribed on the bottom sheet edge left: 1936.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.

The work will be included in the catalogue of Oskar Kokoschka's drawings and watercolours from 1916 onwards, which is currently being prepared. We are grateful to Dr. Alfred Weidinger, Linz, for his kind scientific support.

Provenance:
- Wolfgang Gurlitt, Berlin/Munich
- Private collection
- Karl & Faber, Munich, 164. Auction 24. November 1983, lot 941
- Kunsthaus Artes, Hannover
- Private collection North Germany (acquired in 1984 by the aforementioned)

Exhibitions:
- Neue Galerie Linz, 1951
- Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin 1951
- Kunsthalle Bremen, 1956
- Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin 1956
- Haus der Kunst, Munich 1958
- Künstlerhaus Wien, 1958
- Palazzo Barberini, Rome 1959

Literature:
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka, Neue Galerie Linz, 1951, cat. no. 94
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin 1951, cat. no. 125
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka, Kunsthalle Bremen, 1956, cat. no. 77
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka - Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin 1956, cat. no. 56
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka, Haus der Kunst, Munich 1958, cat. no. 310
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka, Künstlerhaus Wien, 1958, cat. no. 332
- Exhib.-Cat. Oskar Kokoschka, Palazzo Barberini, Rome 1959, cat. no. 90.