05-21-201005-22-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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May 21, 2010 12:00 PMCalender
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Oskar Kokoschka, illustrator (Austrian, 1886-1980) Das Chinessische Mauer

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$948$800
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2507Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2010 12:00PM

Description:

Oskar Kokoschka, illustrator (Austrian, 1886-1980)

Das Chinessische Mauer, written by Karl Kraus, published in 1914 by Karl Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, bound and containing eight lithographs, edition of 200. Identified in the text and numbered "107" in ink. Sheet sizes 19 1/8 x 15 in. (48.5 x 38.0 cm),in a (later) portfolio box.
Condition: Unobtrusive toning, minor wear to cover, ex libris label from Nelson A. Rockefeller to first sheet.

Provenance: Ex-collection of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York; purchased from Coleart, Inc., New York, 1977; the estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

Oskar Kokoschka, Leipzig, Karl Kraus, Karl Wolff Verlag, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Massachusetts, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Cambridge, Coleart Inc., Mary Lee Ingbar