Lot Essay
Dr. Alice Strobl has confirmed the authenticity of this watercolor, which will be included in her forthcoming Kokoschka catalogue raisonn.
Garden Still-life with Gourd
Details
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Garden Still-life with Gourd
signed and dated 'O. Kokoschka 1945' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
25 x 19 in. (62.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Garden Still-life with Gourd
signed and dated 'O. Kokoschka 1945' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
25 x 19 in. (62.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Provenance
Sir Robert Abdy, London
Valentine Abdy, Paris
Valentine Abdy, Paris
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Oskar Kokoschka, July-August 1947, no. 153.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Oskar Kokoschka, March-May 1958, no. 323.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Oskar Kokoschka, July-October 1958, no. 148.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, June-August, 1970, no. 36.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections, July-September 1971, no. 39.
Brooklyn, The Museum of Art, May-September 1974 (on loan).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Oskar Kokoschka, March-May 1958, no. 323.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Oskar Kokoschka, July-October 1958, no. 148.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, June-August, 1970, no. 36.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections, July-September 1971, no. 39.
Brooklyn, The Museum of Art, May-September 1974 (on loan).