Lot #2100: OSKAR KOKOSCHKA - Der Besuch - Original pen and ink drawing

 

Artist: Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886 - 1980).
Title: "Der Besuch".
Medium: Original pen and ink drawing.
Date: Composed c1958.
Dimensions: Overall size: 6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (175 x 249 mm). Image size: 6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (171 x 210 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials/monogram, lower right. Cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Rivera-Pays-d'-Enhaut, Switzerland. Comment(s): A notable work that expresses much of the same stylistic markers as our drawing is 'Taufe,' which sold for $55,080 (€39,000) on 05/10/2011 at Im Kinsky Kunst Auktionen, Vienna, Austria. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26418-1-800]