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Pöchlarn 1886 - 1980 Villeneuve
1965
Watercolour
61x48,5 cm
Signed and dated by the artist in charcoal lower right "OKokoschka / 18.9.1965".
Probably R.N. Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, 1968, since then in the same private collection in Switzerland through inheritance.
cf. R.N. Ketterer, Campione, Moderne Kunst V, 1968, cat. no. 98
On cream watercolour paper, with watermark "HAND MADE J. WHATMAN 1944 ENGLAND", paper slightly browned, on the reverse with minimal remains of an old mounting.
Kokoschka worked almost daily on his colourful and airy watercolours of flowers in his garden in Villeneuve on Lake Geneva. He called these lucid still lifes "finger exercises", which impressively demonstrate his entire mastery of this medium.
1965
Aquarell
61x48,5 cm
Unten rechts vom Künstler in Kohle signiert und datiert "OKokoschka / 18.9.1965"
Wohl R.N. Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, 1968, seither durch Erbschaft in gleicher Privatsammlung Schweiz
vgl. R.N. Ketterer, Campione, Moderne Kunst V, 1968,
Auf cremefarbenem Aquarellpapier, mit Wasserzeichen "HAND MADE J. WHATMAN 1944 ENGLAND", im Papier leicht gebräunt, rückseitig mit minimen Resten einer alten Montage
Fast täglich arbeitete Kokoschka in seinem Garten in Villeneuve am Genfersee an seinen farbenprächtigen und luftig gestalteten Blumenaquarellen. "Fingerübungen" nannte er diese luziden Stillleben, die seine ganze Meisterschaft in diesem Medium eindrücklich aufzeigen
Switzerland | CHF | 145 |
Europe | CHF | 255 |
Overseas | CHF | 330 |
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