Oskar Kokoschka *
(Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Villeneuve)
Die träumenden Knaben, 1908, the complete book comprising 8 lithographs in colours on smooth illustration paper, each lithograph monogrammed OK on the stone, no. 167 fom the edition of 275 examples, numbered in ink on the justification label, printed by Berger and Chwala/Vienna and published in 1917 by Kurt Wolff Verlag/Leipzig, sheet size 24 x 29 cm, book size 24.5 x 29.7 cm, in original linen cover, Wingler/Welz 22 – 29
Provenance:
Private Collection, Northern Germany
Literature:
Werner J. Schweiger, Der junge Kokoschka, Leben und Werk, 1904 – 1914, Vienna/Munich 1983, pp. 47 – 62
Werner J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903 – 1932, Vienna 1982, pp. 88 – 90
The lithographs were printed in an edition of 500 examples in spring 1908 and published by the Wiener Werkstätte end of June 1908. But only few copies were sold and most of the edition remained unbound. In 1917, the publisher Kurt Wolff bought 275 examples and re-issued them with a simpler linen cover. In our present copy the lithographs are bound in wrong order: W/W 22, W/W 25, W/W 26, W/W 27, W/W 28, W/W 23, W/W 24, W/W 29.
Specialist: Raphael Achterberg, MA
Raphael Achterberg, MA
+43-1-515 60-557
raphael.achterberg@dorotheum.at
23.05.2023 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 14,300.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 11,000.- to EUR 16,000.-
Oskar Kokoschka *
(Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Villeneuve)
Die träumenden Knaben, 1908, the complete book comprising 8 lithographs in colours on smooth illustration paper, each lithograph monogrammed OK on the stone, no. 167 fom the edition of 275 examples, numbered in ink on the justification label, printed by Berger and Chwala/Vienna and published in 1917 by Kurt Wolff Verlag/Leipzig, sheet size 24 x 29 cm, book size 24.5 x 29.7 cm, in original linen cover, Wingler/Welz 22 – 29
Provenance:
Private Collection, Northern Germany
Literature:
Werner J. Schweiger, Der junge Kokoschka, Leben und Werk, 1904 – 1914, Vienna/Munich 1983, pp. 47 – 62
Werner J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903 – 1932, Vienna 1982, pp. 88 – 90
The lithographs were printed in an edition of 500 examples in spring 1908 and published by the Wiener Werkstätte end of June 1908. But only few copies were sold and most of the edition remained unbound. In 1917, the publisher Kurt Wolff bought 275 examples and re-issued them with a simpler linen cover. In our present copy the lithographs are bound in wrong order: W/W 22, W/W 25, W/W 26, W/W 27, W/W 28, W/W 23, W/W 24, W/W 29.
Specialist: Raphael Achterberg, MA
Raphael Achterberg, MA
+43-1-515 60-557
raphael.achterberg@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Modern Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 23.05.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.05. - 23.05.2023 |
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