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Artist |
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Oskar Kokoschka |
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Title |
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Istanbul I
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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31.6 x 43.6 in. / 80.3 x 110.8 cm. |
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Year |
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1929 - |
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Description |
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Painted in Istanbul in June 1929.
oil on canvas |
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Sale Of |
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Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
[Lot 4]
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
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Estimate |
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*
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Sold For |
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*
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Provenance |
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Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin (acquired from the artist on 11th February 1930)
N. V. Amsterdamsche Kunsthandel Paul Cassirer & Co., Amsterdam (transferred from the above on 10th April 1931)
Oskar Federer, Ostrava (acquired from the above probably through Neue Galerie, Vienna, in 1933)
Seized by the Nazis in 1939
Galerie Vytvarného Umenì, Ostrava (by November 1943)
Restituted to the heirs of Oskar Federer in 2007
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Exhibition |
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Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Oskar Kokoschka, 1931, no. 83 (titled Konstantinopel)
Paris, Galerie Jacques Bonjean, Peintres allemands contemporains, 1931
Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Oskar Kokoschka, 1931, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Constantinople)
Copenhagen, Den Frie Udstilling, Nyere tysk kunst, 1932, no. 112
Oslo, Kunsternes Hus, Nyere tysk kunst, 1932, no. 96
Vienna, Neue Galerie, Oskar Kokoschka. Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1927-1932, 1932 (titled Konstantinopel)
Vienna, Neue Galerie, Meisterwerke moderner österreichischer Malerei, 1933
Prague, Galerie Hugo Feigl, Oskar Kokoschka, 1933-34, no. 6
Bern, Kunsthalle, Österreichische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, 1937, no. 87 (titled Konstantinopel)
Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume des Tuileries, Exposition d'art autrichien, 1937, no. 537
Prague, Narodni Galerie, Oskar Kokoschka, 1956, no. 2
Brno, Dum umeni mesta Brna, Evropske umeni 20. stolet ze sbirek Národni Galerie v Praze, 1966
Prague, Narodni Galerie, Oskar Kokoschka, 1971, no. 7, illustrated in the catalogue
Vienna, Kunstforum Länderbank Wien, Oskar Kokoschka, 1991, no. 52, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
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Literature |
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Kunst und Künstler, vol. 29, Berlin, 1930-31, illustrated p. 181
Das Kunstblatt, vol. 15, Berlin, 1931, illustrated p. 34
Guido L. Luzzatto, 'Oskar Kokoschka', in L'arte, Turin, March 1931, illustrated p. 155
'Paris urteilt über Kokoschka', in Der Kunstwanderer, vol. 13, Berlin, June 1931, illustrated p. 307
Der Wiener Kunstwanderer, vol. 1, Vienna, November 1933, illustrated p. 18
Edith Hoffmann, Kokoschka: Life and Work, London, 1947, mentioned p. 191
Roberto Salvini, Guida all'arte moderna, Florence, 1949, illustrated p. 22
Hans Maria Wingler, Oskar Kokoschka, Salzburg, 1958, no. 243, illustrated p. 319, illustrated pl. 90
Karel B. Palkovský, Oskar Kokoschka, Prague, 1958, illustrated p. 34
Fritz Novotny, 'Zu Oskar Kokoschkas Bildern aus dem Orient', in Bustan, vol. 9, Vienna, 1968, pl. 2
Vilém Juza, Evropské malírství ze sbírek GVU v Ostrave, Ostrava, 1970
Oskar Kokoschka, Mein Leben, London, 1971, mentioned p. 227
Klaus Albrecht Schröder & Johann Winkler (ed.), Oskar Kokoschka, Munich, 1991, no. 52, illustrated in colour
Johann Winkler & Katharina Erling, Oskar Kokoschka, Die Gemälde, 1906-1929, Salzburg, 1995, no. 254, illustrated in colour p. 146
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