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Elisabeth Gésinus-Visser II (mit Hut)
Details
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Elisabeth Gésinus-Visser II (mit Hut)
signed with the initials 'OK' (lower left); inscribed 'Madame Gesinus' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (65.5 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1933
Elisabeth Gésinus-Visser II (mit Hut)
signed with the initials 'OK' (lower left); inscribed 'Madame Gesinus' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (65.5 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1933
Provenance
Lilli & Bob Gésinus-Visser, Lima.
Caroline Harat, Monte Carlo.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1975, no. 76.
Galerie Nicoline Pon, Zurich, in 1976.
Anonymous sale, Kunstauktion Dr. Erich Steinfels, Zurich, 20-21 February, 1981, no. 1531.
Max G. Bollag, Zurich, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Caroline Harat, Monte Carlo.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1975, no. 76.
Galerie Nicoline Pon, Zurich, in 1976.
Anonymous sale, Kunstauktion Dr. Erich Steinfels, Zurich, 20-21 February, 1981, no. 1531.
Max G. Bollag, Zurich, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
E. Hoffmann, Kokoschka, Life and Work, London, 1947, no. 257, p. 331 (titled Mrs. Visser with Cap').
H.M. Wingler, Oskar Kokoschka, The work of the Painter, London, 1958, no. 276, p. 323.
Schweizerische Gesellschaft, ed., Schweizerische Gesellschaft der Freunde von Kunstauktionen, Zurich, October 1983, no. 16.
R. Linnenkamp, Gésinus ein Maler des Aufgeklärten Realismus, Munich, 1984, p. 51 (illustrated).
K. Erling & W. Feilchenfeldt, Oskar Kokoschka. Die Gemälde Online, Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Vevey, no. 1933/3 (illustrated).
H.M. Wingler, Oskar Kokoschka, The work of the Painter, London, 1958, no. 276, p. 323.
Schweizerische Gesellschaft, ed., Schweizerische Gesellschaft der Freunde von Kunstauktionen, Zurich, October 1983, no. 16.
R. Linnenkamp, Gésinus ein Maler des Aufgeklärten Realismus, Munich, 1984, p. 51 (illustrated).
K. Erling & W. Feilchenfeldt, Oskar Kokoschka. Die Gemälde Online, Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Vevey, no. 1933/3 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Zurich, Galerie Nicoline Pon, 1976, no. 100.
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