LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

12.30 in. (31.25 cm.) (height) by 9.79 in. (24.87 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed with the initials OK (lower left)

Exhibited:

Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer,. X. Ausstellung Paul Cassirer. Werke von Oskar Kokoschka und Hans Hofmann , 1910, no. 7. . Karlsbad, Café "Park Schönbrunn",. Kollektiv-Ausstellung Oskar Kokoschka , 1911, no. 24. . Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim,. Das Problem der Generation , 1927, no. 105 (titled . Bildnis eines Marquis ). . Cologne, Kunstsalon Hermann Abels,. Kokoschka-Ausstellung , 1929, no. 5 (titled . Bildnis eines franz . ö s. Marquis and dated 1908). . Munich, Galerie J.B. Neumann und Günther Franke,. Sommer-Ausstellung in München , 1931, no. 47, illustrated in the catalogue (titled . Der Marquis and dated 1908). . Paris, Galerie Jacques Bonjean,. Peintres allemands contemporains , 1931. . Copenhagen, Charlottenbor Slot, . Marc Chagall-Oskar Kokoschka, 1960, no. 5. . London, Tate Gallery,. Kokoschka , 1962, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue (titled . Le . Marquis de Montesquieu and dated 1909-10). . Stockholm, Moderna Museet,. Önskemuseet, The Museum of Our Wishes , 1963-64, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue (titled . Marquis de M. and dated 1911). . Zurich, Kunsthaus,. Oskar Kokoschka , 1966, no. 9 (titled . Marquis de Montesquieu and dated 1909-10). . Vienna, Österreichische Galerie im Oberen Belvedere,. Oskar Kokoschka zum 85. Geburtstag , 1971, no. 11 (titled . Marquis de Montesquieu and dated 1909-10). . Hamburg, Kunsthalle,. Der zerbrochene Kopf , . Picasso zum 100. Geburtstag , 1981-82, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue. . Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts,. Oskar Kokoschka 1886-1980 , 1983, no. 2, illustrated in the catalogue. . Paris, Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou,. Vienne 1880-1938, L'Apocalypse joyeuse , 1986, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue. . London, Tate Gallery; Zurich, Kunsthaus & New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,. Oskar Kokoschka , 1986-87, no. 13, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Barcelona, Museu Picasso,. Oskar Kokoschka 1886-1980 , 1988, no. 8, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . . New York, Neue Galerie & Hamburg, Kunsthalle,. Oskar Kokoschka, Early Portraits from Vienna and Berlin, 1909-1914 , 2002, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Paul Westheim,. Oskar Kokoschka ,. Das Werk Kokoschkas in 62 Abbildungen , Berlin, 1918, p. 52. . . Das Cicerone , vol. XX, Leipzig, September 1928, illustrated p. 568 (titled . Der Marquis and dated 1908). . Pierre Berthelot, Pientres allemands: Galerie Bonjean in. Beaux-Arts , Paris, vol. 9, no. 1, 1931, illustrated p. 7. . . Cahiers de Belgique , Brussels, May 1, 1931, illustrated p. 161. . Hanz Tietze, Oskar Kokoschka. Notice biographique et bibliographique in. L'Amour de l'Art , vol. 15, Paris, October 1934, pp. 451-52 & illustrated p. 450. . E. M. Benson, "Forms of Art: II, Phases of Naturalism" in. The American Magazine of Art , vol. 28, no. 4, Washington, D.C., April 1935, illustrated p. 229 (titled . The Marquis ). . Joseph P. Hodin Oskar Kokoschkas erste Schweizer Erinnerungen in. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Zurich, no. 65, January 13, 1946, p. 5. . Edith Hoffman,. Kokoschka: Life and Work , London, 1947, no. 37, p. 295 & illustrated pl. XVII (titled. Portrait of a Marquis ). . . Modern Paintings and Sculptures (exhibition catalogue), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1950, p. 121. . . Hans M. Wingler,. Oskar Kokoschka, Das Werk des Malers , Salzburg, 1956, no. 34, illustrated p. 297 (titled. Marquis de Montesquieu ). . Ludwig Goldscheider,. Kokoschka , Cologne, 1963, p. 75 & illustrated in color pl. 4. . George Heard Hamilton,. Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880 to 1940 , Harmondsworth, 1967, illustrated fig. 182B. . Fritz Schmalenbach,. Oskar Kokoschka , Langewiesche, 1967, p. 8 & illustrated in color pl. 35 (titled . The Marquis and dated winter 1909-10). . Oskar Kokoschka,. Mein Leben , Munich, 1971, p. 97. . Brigitta Arvas. et. al. ,. Katalog över Moderna Museets samlinger av svensk och internationell 1900-talkonst , Stockholm, 1976, no. 2707, illustrated n.p. . . Jaroslaw Leshko,. Oskar Kokoschka. Paintings 1907-1915 , Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977, pp. 152-55, illustrated p. 72. . Werner J. Schweiger,. Der junge Kokoschka, Leben und Werk 1904-1914 , Vienna, 1983, illustrated in color p. 176. . Richard Calvocoressi,. Kokoschka. Paintings , Barcelona, 1992, illustrated in color pl. 14. . George Heard Hamilton,. Paintings and Sculpture in Europe 1880-1940 , New Haven & London, 1993, illustrated p. 491. . Johann Winkler & Katharina Erling,. Oskar Kokoschka, Die Gemälde, 1906-1929 , Salzburg, 1995, no. 43, illustrated in color p. 25

Provenance:

Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (acquired by 1927). . Kunstsalon Hermann Abels, Cologne (on consignment in 1929). . Graphisches Kabinett (Günther Franke & J. B. Neumann), Munich (on consignment in 1931). . Galerie Alex Vömel (formerly Galerie Alfred Flechtheim), Dusseldorf (acquired by 1934). . National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm (acquired from the above in 1934). . Moderna Museet, Stockholm (acquired from the above). . Acquired by restitution from the above in 2018