Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)

Still-life with Pheasant

Details
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Still-life with Pheasant
signed 'O. Kokoschka' (lower left)
watercolor on paper
18 x 24 in. (47.6 x 62.8 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Provenance
Sir Robert Abdy, London
Valentine Abdy, Paris
Exhibited
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Oskar Kokoschka, March-May 1958, no. 317.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Oskar Kokoschka, July-October 1958, no. 144.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, June-October 1970, no. 35.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections, July-September 1971, no. 38.
Brooklyn, The Museum of Art, May-September 1974 (on loan).

Lot Essay

Dr. Alice Strobl had confirmed the authenticity of this watercolor which will be included in her forthcoming Kokoschka catalogue raisonn.