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Mary Merson reclining, gazing up (formerly 'A woman, lying')

Maker

(Artists)
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

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

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

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?).

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