Mar 10, 2022 - Sale 2597

Sale 2597 - Lot 356

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
Apulia.

Portfolio with complete text and 20 lithographs on Japon nacré, 1964. 515x665 mm; 26 1/4x20 1/4 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. Each lithograph signed and numbered 13/50 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by J.E. Wolfensberger, Graphicschen Anstalt, Zurich. Published by Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London. Original embossed paper folders and linen clamshell portfolio. Very good impressions.

Apulia was created from Kokoschka's drawings he made while visiting the Italian region in 1963. The artist considered Apulia to be the gateway to Antiquity, reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey. Wingler/Welz 268-287.