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Oskar Kokoschka

Pöchlarn 1886 – 1980 Montreux

London mit House of Parliament. 1967

Oil on canvas. 91,5 x 136,5 cm (36 x 53 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Oskar Kokoschka. London mit House of Parliament. 1967.

Estimate:

EUR 500,000

 

- 700,000

USD 668,000

 

- 935,000

Sold for:

610,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 187-192

Selected Works, Thursday, 24.11.2011

Information

Oil on canvas. 91,5 x 136,5 cm (36 x 53 ¾ in.). Monogrammed lower left: OK. Catalogue raisonné: Date not covered in the catalogue raisonné by Winkler/Erling. Framed

Oskar Kokoscha painted this work in May 1967 looking out the 24th floor of the London Shell tower erected in 1961..

The painting will be included in den second volume of the new catalogue raisonné by Dr. Katharina Erling, Bremen (no. 470).

Große Kunstausstellung Munich. Munich, Haus der Kunst, 1968, cat. no. 317, p. 67 / Oskar Kokoschka. Cityscapes and Landscapes – A 90th Birthday Tribute. London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1976, cat. no. 19, colour ill. p. 47 / Hommage à Oskar Kokoschka 1886-1980. Vevey, Museé Jenisch, 1984, no no., colour ill. p. 67 / Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980). The Late Work 1953–1980. London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1990, cat. no. 16 full-page colour illustration

Giuseppe Gatt: Oskar Kokoschka. Hamyln, London 1970, no. 41, ill. p. 41 / exh. cat. Oskar Kokoschka. Städteportraits. Vienna, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1986, ill. p. 27 / Laura Arici: Kokoschkas kosmisches Licht. Eine Ausstellung in London. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, international edition no. 151, 4 July 1990, ill. p. 11

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