Oskar Kokoschka *
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(Pöchlarn 1886-1980 Villeneuve)
“Der Fuchs und die sauren Trauben” [The Fox and the Grapes], 1952, lithograph in colour on lightweight vellum, signed O Kokoschka and with dedication, almost sheet-sized print 40.5 50,2 cm (in Wingler/Welz indicated as 44 x 58 cm), colours attenuated, under the mount browned, mounted, framed, (RAC)
Provenance:
formerly Senta and Alfred Marnau Collection / London.
The writer Alfred Marnau emigrated to London in 1938 and became friends with the artist in 1944. For Marnau’s novel “Das Verlangen nach der Hölle” Kokoschka created a frontispiece. Marnau, in turn, published Kokoschka’s “Berichte aus einer eingebildeten Welt. Erinnerungen und Erzählungen”. The dedication reads: “Für meine Liebsten, Senta und Fredl. Auch mir sind die Trauben zu groß. Aber macht nichts, einmal werde ich noch was gutes malen im Leben” [For my dearest Senta and Fredl. For me too the grapes are too sour. But it’s o.k. Sooner or later I will manage to paint something good again in my life]
Specialist: Raphael Achterberg, MA
Raphael Achterberg, MA
+43-1-515 60-557
raphael.achterberg@dorotheum.at
05.06.2018 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 600.-
Oskar Kokoschka *
(Pöchlarn 1886-1980 Villeneuve)
“Der Fuchs und die sauren Trauben” [The Fox and the Grapes], 1952, lithograph in colour on lightweight vellum, signed O Kokoschka and with dedication, almost sheet-sized print 40.5 50,2 cm (in Wingler/Welz indicated as 44 x 58 cm), colours attenuated, under the mount browned, mounted, framed, (RAC)
Provenance:
formerly Senta and Alfred Marnau Collection / London.
The writer Alfred Marnau emigrated to London in 1938 and became friends with the artist in 1944. For Marnau’s novel “Das Verlangen nach der Hölle” Kokoschka created a frontispiece. Marnau, in turn, published Kokoschka’s “Berichte aus einer eingebildeten Welt. Erinnerungen und Erzählungen”. The dedication reads: “Für meine Liebsten, Senta und Fredl. Auch mir sind die Trauben zu groß. Aber macht nichts, einmal werde ich noch was gutes malen im Leben” [For my dearest Senta and Fredl. For me too the grapes are too sour. But it’s o.k. Sooner or later I will manage to paint something good again in my life]
Specialist: Raphael Achterberg, MA
Raphael Achterberg, MA
+43-1-515 60-557
raphael.achterberg@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Graphic prints |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 05.06.2018 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 26.05. - 05.06.2018 |
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