Lot No.1 

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Oskar Kokoschka

(Pöchlarn 1886-1980 Villeneuve) Christ on the Mount of Olives - Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1916, chalk on transparent paper, irregular lower margin, 37 x 31.5 cm, laid down on support, 58 x 45 cm, and inscribed in the artist’s hand: 20 Jahre kennen wir uns lieber Graf Bethusy und ... noch finden Sie solche köstliche, verlorene, Dinge, ich danke Ihnen von Herzen Ihr OKokoschka ... [We have known each other for 20 years, dear Count Bethusy, and - still you find such superb, hidden things, I thank you with all my heart, Yours, O Kokoschka], (K)

Compare: Wingler/Welz, Das druckgraphische Werk, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 1975, nos. 78-83 (The Passion).
Provenance: formerly owned by Count Bethusy, Vienna/Greece
Exhibited: London, Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 6; London, Victoria and Albert Museum no. 20, p. 10, fig. 10 (p. 35); Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 1981, no. 137 (repr.); Zurich, Kunsthalle, 1986, no. 170 (colour repr.); London, Tate Gallery, 1986, no. 167 (colour repr.)
Literature: Hoffmann (symposium) 1986, p. 77 (repr.)