ID 1508119
Lot 261 | OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (1886-1980)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 200 000
Martha Hirsch II (mit Ballon)
signed with initials 'OK' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 39 ½ in. (81.4 x 103 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Martha Hirsch, Pilsen and Sydney (acquired from the artist).
Private collection, Australia; sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1969, lot 16A.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
H.M. Wingler, Oskar Kokoschka, Salzburg, 1958, p. 325, no. 294 (illustrated).
J. Hodin, Czechoslovakia Past and Present, Paris, 1968, p. 1420.
J. Hodin, "Kokoschka und Prag" in Prager Nachrichten, June 1980, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 33-38, no. 34.
P. Domanicky and P. Jindra, eds., Loos – Plzeň – Souvislosti / Loos – Pilsen – connections, exh. cat., Pilsen, 2011, p. 267.
K. Erling, W. Feilchenfeldt and Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, ed., Oskar Kokoschka. Die Gemälde Online (https://www.oskarkokoschka.ch/en/1020/Online-catalogue), Vevey, no1937/5 (illustrated; accessed September 2025).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, German Expressionist Paintings, November 2001-March 2002.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Master Artworks from Private Collections, August-November 2005, pp. 1 and 51 (illustrated in color, p. 51).
| Artist: | Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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