LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.14 in. (79.10 cm.) (height) by 24.80 in. (63.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated '1916 OK' (lower left); titled and dated 'SCHWARZWALD AETATIS ANNO QUADRAG.SEXTO.XVI.APR.1916.' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Munich, Galerie Georg Caspari, Ausstellung aus eigenen Beständen, August 1916 (illustrated). Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Oskar Kokoschka, November - December 1918, no. 20 (titled 'Bildnis Dr. S. (II. Fassung)', dated '1915'). Hanover, Kestner-Gesellchaft, Neue Kunst aus Hannoverschem Privatbesitz. Architekturen von E. Mendelsohn, January - February 1920, no. 45 (titled 'Bildnis Dr. S.', dated '1915'). Dresden, Künstlervereinigung, Sommer-Ausstellung, Summer 1921, no. 85. Hanover, Galerie von Garvens, Oskar Kokoschka, Luise Spannring, Albert Schulze, January 1921. Hanover, Galerie von Garvens, Oskar Kokoschka, February 1921. (Probably) Dresden, Galerie Arnold, Oskar Kokoschka. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Aquarelle, Drucke, January - February 1925, no. 17 (titled 'Der Schatzmeister', dated '1911'). Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Bildnisse von Oskar Kokoschka, February 1927, no. 26 (titled 'Dr. S.'). Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung Oskar Kokoschka, June - July 1927, no. 44. Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Oskar Kokoschka, January - March 1931, no. 28. Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Oskar Kokoschka, March - April 1931, no. 5. Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Das Bild des Menschen in Meisterwerken europäischer Kunst, June - July 1955, no. 77 (titled 'Männliches Bildnis'). Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Oskar Kokoschka: Das Portrait, August - November 1966, no. 28 (illustrated). London, Marlborough Fine Art, Kokoschka, March - May 1969, no. 17 (illustrated p. 46, titled 'Hermann Schwarzwald II'). Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Arte aleman en Venezuela, June - August 1979.

Literature:

P. Westheim, 'Von den inneren Gesichten', in Das Kunstblatt, vol. I, Weimar, 1917, no. 1, pp. 1-6 (illustrated p. 4, titled 'Porträt des Herrn Sch.'). P. Westheim, 'Oskar Kokoschka', in Das Kunstblatt, vol. I, Weimar, 1917, no. 10, p. 319 (titled 'Porträt des Dr. S. (zweite Fassung)'). P. Westheim, Oskar Kokoschka, Berlin, 1918, p. 53 (illustrated pl. 23, titled 'Porträt des Dr. S. (zweite Fassung)', dated '1915'). P. Westheim, 'Erinnerung an eine Sammlung', in Das Kunstblatt, vol. II, Weimar, 1918, no. 8, p. 240 (titled 'Bildnis des Dr. S.'). K. Scheffler, 'Oskar Kokoschka', in Kunst und Künstler, vol. 17, Berlin, 1919, p. 127 (titled 'Dr. S.', dated '1915'). E. Steinitz, 'Neue Kunst aus Hannoverschem Privatbesitz. Zur 30. Sonderausstellung der Kestner-Gesellschaft', in Das Kunstblatt, vol. IV, Weimar, January 1920, no. 1, pp. 73-77 (illustrated p. 73). A. Faistauer, Neue Malerei in Osterreich, Zurich, 1923, pl. 33 (illustrated, titled 'Porträt Dr. Schwarzwald (II. Fassung)', dated '1915'). F. Karpfen, Österreichische Kunst, Leipzig, 1923, p. 175 (illustrated, titled 'Porträt Dr. Schwarzwald (II. Fassung)', dated '1915'). Das Kunstblatt, vol. IV, Weimar, 1925, no. 9, p. 98 (illustrated, titled 'Porträt des Herrn Sch.'). P. Westheim, Oskar Kokoschka, Berlin, 1925, pl. 68 (illustrated, titled 'Porträt Dr. S. (II. Fassung)', dated '1915'). C. Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1926, p. 443 (illustrated, titled 'Bildnis Dr. Schwarzwald'). C. Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1928, p. 434 (illustrated). H. Heilmaier, Kokoschka, Paris, 1929, pl. 9 (illustrated). E. Waldmann, La peinture allemande contemporaine, Paris, 1930, pl. 37 (illustrated). A. Neumeyer, 'Oskar Kokoschka', in Magazine of Art, vol. 38, Washington, D.C., November 1945, no. 7, p. 263. R. Salvini, Guida all'arte moderna, Florence, 1949, fig. 20. E. Hoffmann, Kokoschka: Life and Work, London, 1947, no. 107, p. 306 (titled 'Dr. Schwarzwald, with book'). H.M. Wingler, Oskar Kokoschka, The Work of the Painter, Salzburg, 1958, no. 107, p. 306 (illustrated). K.A. Schröder & J. Winkler, eds., Oskar Kokoschka, Munich, 1991. J. Winkler & K. Erling, Oskar Kokoschka: Die Gemälde, 1906-1929, Salzburg, 1995, no. 117, p. 70 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Georg Caspari, Munich, by 1916. Henri and Adele Falk, Mannheim, by 1917. Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired on 11 April 1918. Herbert de Garvens-Garvensburg, Hanover, by whom acquired on 1 October 1918. With Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin. Hermann Lange, Krefeld, by 1926, and thence by descent. Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (no. LOS 4731). Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1969.