
Art Institute of Chicago
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Oskar Kokoschka · 1908
Provenance
Ownership history
- Ernest Ebenstein, Vienna [commissioned portrait from artist], 1908-September 22, 1926. Purchased by Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, September 22, 1926. Purchased by Hugo Simon, Berlin (later Paris and Rio de Janeiro), February 1, 1927-c. 1954. Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, by 1954-June 1955. Galerie St. Etienne, New York, by October 1955 [Winnipeg 1955]. Purchased by Art Institute, December 1956.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, X. Ausstellung Paul Cassirer, June 21-July 11, 1910, cat. 10.
- Hagen, Folkwang-Museum, Oskar Kokoschka, August 1910.
- Karlsbad, Café ‘Park Schönbrunn,’ Kollektiv-Ausstellung Oskar Kokoschka, July 1-Aug. 15, 1911, cat. 3.
- Vienna, Hagenbund, Sonderausstellung Malerei und Plastik, February 1911, cat. 39.
- Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Bildnisse von Oskar Kokoschka. Menschen und Tiere, February 1927, cat. 6.
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Ausstellung Oskar Kokoschka, 6 June-17 July 1927, cat. 2.
- Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Ausstellung neuerer deutscher Kunst aus Berliner Privatbesitz, April 1928, cat. 78.
- London, Ernest Brown & Phillips, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Oskar Kokoschka, June 8-30, 1928, cat. 18.
- Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Oskar Kokoschka. Das gesammelte Werk, Jan. 18-Mar. 1, 1931, cat. 1.
- Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Exposition Oskar Kokoschka, March 18-April 10, 1931, cat. 2.
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Oskar Kokoschka, July 4-Aug. 31, 1947, cat. 2.
- Kunsthalle Basel, Oskar Kokoschka, Mar. 22-Apr. 27, 1947, cat. 121.
Literature
Published references
- Paul Cassirer, X. Ausstellung Paul Cassirer (Berlin, 1910).
- Hagenbund Wien, Sonderausstellung Malerei und Plastik (Vienna, 1911).
- Café “Park Schönbrunn,” Kollektiv-Ausstellung Oskar Kokoschka (Karlsbad, 1911).
- Paul Westheim, Oskar Kokoschka (Potsdam and Berlin, 1918).
- Paul Cassirer, Sonderausstellung: Bildnisse von Oskar Kokoschka. Menschen und Tiere (Berlin, 1927).
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Oskar Kokoschka. Ausführlicher Katalog (Zurich, 1927).
- Ernest Brown & Phillips, Leicester Galleries, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by Oskar Kokoschka (London, 1928), p. 6 (ill.).
- National-Galerie, Ausstellung neuerer deutscher Kunst aus Berliner Privatbesitz (Berlin, 1928).
- Georg Biermann, “Oskar Kokoschka,” Junge Kunst, vol. 52 (Leipzig/Berlin, 1929), no. 2.
- Hans Heilmaier, Kokoschka (Paris, 1929), no. 3.
- Galeries Georges Petit, Exposition Oskar Kokoschka (Paris, 1931).
- Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Oskar Kokoschka. Das Gesammelte Werk (Mannheim, 1931).
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