Lot 313
  • 313

Oskar Kokoschka

Estimate
8,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Oskar Kokoschka
  • FRAUENSTUDIE (STUDY OF A WOMAN)
  • signed OK (lower right)
  • watercolour and pencil on paper

  • 45.5 by 31.7cm., 17 7/8 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Olga Kokoschka (the artist's wife)
John & Valerie Butterwick, Kewanee, Illinois (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1998


Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on a very fine support sheet of Japan paper. There are a number of flattened creases to the sheet, most significantly, two diagonal creases running from the upper right edge to the lower left edge of the work. There is a repaired 1cm long tear to the right edge of the sheet. There are two smal stains at the lower edge of sheet. Overall, the work is in fair condition. Colours: Compared with the printed catalogue, the paper tone is much lighter and less brown in the original.
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