Seated woman, resting on her hands

Details

Weidinger/Strobl 609. Literature: Sabarsky, Serge (ed.), Oskar Kokoschka. Dessins et aquarelles 1906-1924, Milan et. al. 1984-1986, cat. no.44, with col. illus. p. 79 and cat. no.23, p. 50, with col. illus. p. 51. Exhibitions: Oskar Kokoschka. Die frühen Jahre. Zeichnungen und Aquarelle ausgewählt vof Serge Sabarsky, Historisches Museum der Stadt Vienna et. al., 1982/83, cat. no.50, with ill. p. 60; Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele. Dessins et Aquarelles, Salle Saint-Jean, Hôtel de Ville, Paris et. al. 1984/85, cat. no.45, with ill. Partially with col. ill. p. 72; Oskar Kokoschka. Dipinti e disegni, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence / Palazzo del Turismo, Riccione 1987, cat. no.41; Oskar Kokoschka. 1886-1980, Museu Picasso, Barcelona 1988, cat. no.87; Kokoschka. Die frühen Jahre, Josef Albers Museum/Quadrat Bottrop et. al. 1988-1995, cat. no.35, with col. illus.; Gustav Klimt. 1862-1918, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn 1989; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee & Oskar Kokoschka. Watercolors and Drawings, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1993/94;Klimt – Schiele – Kokoschka, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, 1995; Klimt Kokoschka Schiele, Mezinárondní kulturní centrum Egona Schieleho, Ceský Krumlov 1996/97, cat. no.43; Oskar Kokoschka. Viden – Praha. Olejomalby, Akvarely, Kresby, Mezinárodní kulturní centrum Egona Schieleho, Ceský Krumlov 1997;Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 2002; Städtische Museen Heilbronn, 2006.Provenance:collection of/estate of Serge Sabarsky, New York, as of 1984; collection of/Foundation Vally Sabarsky, New York.

Description

• Typical drawing by Kokoschka from the beginning of his international career
• Figure study shows similarity to drawings by Egon Schiele, who was influenced by Kokoschka
• Drawn with a quick, confident line Kokoschka’s international career began after his studies at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and his work at the Wiener Werkstätte.The present work is stylistically linked to his early nude drawings, the geometric forms of which were a great inspiration for Egon Schiele. As close friends, the two artists maintained an intensive artistic relationship. The female model depicted can be recognised in a whole series of figure sketches as of 1913. Typical features are the curly hair with fringe, the long, narrow nose and the prominent chin. Kokoschka draws the seated figure with quick, confident strokes.