Kokoschka Oskar (1886 1980) Vier Dramen [Four Plays]

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800

Kokoschka, Oskar (1886-1980)
Vier Dramen. [Four Plays.]

Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1919.

First limited edition, octavo, number 43 of 50 deluxe copies on wove paper, lithographic frontispiece Menschenpaar printed in sanguine on thin China paper and signed by Kokoschka in pencil; bound in black sheep-backed decorated boards, with gilt lettered spine, teg.; rebacked with original spine panel preserved, light, minor spotting; rubbed at edges; 10 1/8 x 7 in.

Jentsch 50; Raabe-Hannich B.166.6; Wingler-Welz 131.

Ex libris Kurt and Else Arnhold, bookplate. Dr. jur. Kurt Arnhold (1887- 1951) was a prominent Dresden banker and patron of the arts. In 1927, his portrait was painted by renowned artist Otto Dix for a series of works commissioned by various collectors of the 1920s. (See Portrait of Banker Dr. Jur. Kurt Arnhold, 1927. Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, DE).

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