Lot #482: OSKAR KOKOSCHKA - Portrait - Original charcoal drawing

 

Artist: Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886 - 1980).
Title: "Portrait".
Medium: Original charcoal drawing.
Date: Composed 1920s.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (200 x 146 mm). Image size: 6 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (162 x 140 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Cream wove paper. Overall fair condition; centerfold with associated small paper losses; eligible for conservation, which would probably be largely successful. The loses could be filled and the foxing mitigated, perhaps eliminated. Provenance: Private collector, Rivera-Pays-d'-Enhaut, Switzerland.
Comment(s): Kokoschka often signed his works from the 1910s-1930s with his full signature. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26507-1-600-NA]