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Mary Merson reclining, gazing up (formerly 'A woman, lying')
Maker
(Artists)
1886-1980
1886-1980
Title
Mary Merson reclining, gazing up (formerly 'A woman, lying')
Date of Production
1931
Medium
red chalk on tracing paper; traces of red chalk offset on verso
Dimensions
Height: 43.4 cm
Width: 55.9 cm
Width: 55.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.266
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
possibly acquired directly from the artist by his friend, Sebastian Isepp (1884-1954); purchased from him by Count Antoine Seilern (1907-1978), April 1949 (£250); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Kokoschka - Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings in the
Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/09/1992-28/10/1992
Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/09/1992-28/10/1992
Literature
Kokoschka - Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings in the
Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1992
cat. no. 12
ill. on p. 52
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 266
pl. CII
cat. no. 12
ill. on p. 52
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 266
pl. CII
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: "Oskar Kokoschka".
Stamp: Verso: lower right corner, red ink, circle with words around a central image, smudged and only able to read "Berlin" (not found on Lugt; could it belong to Paul Cassirer?).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: "Oskar Kokoschka".
Stamp: Verso: lower right corner, red ink, circle with words around a central image, smudged and only able to read "Berlin" (not found on Lugt; could it belong to Paul Cassirer?).
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