Oskar Kokoschka
Joseph De Montesquiou-Fezensac
Estimate: 15.000.000 - 20.000.000 USD
Price realised: 20.395.200 USD
Price realised: 20.395.200 USD
Description
Oskar Kokoschka
1886 - 1980
JOSEPH DE MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC
Signed with the initials OK (lower left)
Oil on canvas
31 1/4 by 24 7/8 in.
79.5 by 63.3 cm
Painted in 1910.
Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (acquired by 1927) | Kunstsalon Hermann Abels, Cologne (on consignment in 1929) | Graphisches Kabinett (Günther Franke & J. B. Neumann), Munich (on consignment in 1931) | Galerie Alex Vömel (formerly Galerie Alfred Flechtheim), Dusseldorf (acquired by 1934) | National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm (acquired from the above in 1934) | Moderna Museet, Stockholm (acquired from the above) | Acquired by restitution fro
1886 - 1980
JOSEPH DE MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC
Signed with the initials OK (lower left)
Oil on canvas
31 1/4 by 24 7/8 in.
79.5 by 63.3 cm
Painted in 1910.
Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (acquired by 1927) | Kunstsalon Hermann Abels, Cologne (on consignment in 1929) | Graphisches Kabinett (Günther Franke & J. B. Neumann), Munich (on consignment in 1931) | Galerie Alex Vömel (formerly Galerie Alfred Flechtheim), Dusseldorf (acquired by 1934) | National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm (acquired from the above in 1934) | Moderna Museet, Stockholm (acquired from the above) | Acquired by restitution fro
A top price for Oskar Kokoschka
The work Joseph De Montesquiou-Fezensac by Oskar Kokoschka was sold in the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in New York in November 2018. Here, the upper estimate of USD 20,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 20,395,200.00 (€ 18,012,187.58). With this result, Joseph De Montesquiou-Fezensac is even the most expensive work of art by Oskar Kokoschka that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Oskar Kokoschka
Die Arbeit Joseph De Montesquiou-Fezensac von Oskar Kokoschka wurde im November 2018 in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 20.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 20.395.200,00 (€ 18.012.187,58) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Joseph De Montesquiou-Fezensac sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Oskar Kokoschka, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Oskar Kokoschka - Auction history
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