Kokoschka, Oskar, Austrian artist (1886-1980). 3 autograph letters signed and 2 autogr. postcards signed ("Oskar Kokoschka", "O. Kokoschka", "OK", or "Oskar").

Prague, Rome, Paris and London, 8. V. 1937 to 15. IV. 1943.

11 pp. on 3 double sheets (small 4to), and 2 pp. one 1 f. (oblong 8vo), 1 single page on 1 f. (oblong small 4to), and the 2 cards. With three autogr. envelopes.

 12,000.00

Comprehensive letters (written in German or English) to art dealer Israel Ber Neumann (1887-1961) in New York City, reporting from travels to Italy, France and North Africa, and especially about some ideas for exhibiting in America, and the impending loss of his pictures which were shown in German museums: "[...] I hav[e] success here, true, but I always had it my life long even when it was success only amongst a small crowd of juvenile enthusiasts among w[h]ich you were one of the outstanding figures in my memory of the past [...] Recently I finished a portrait of Mr. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador of London. I think it to be one of my best works in the near past and would like to have it invited by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. You would oblige me in talking it over with Dr. Barr, the nice Director of the Museum. Nearly 40'000 people saw the collection referred above here in London, many more will see my painting in the country where it will be send around. Some people [say] it is the painting of this war. History will judge! [...]" (London, 15. IV. 1943).

Unpublished in: Olda Kokoschka and Heinz Spielmann (eds.). Letters. III. 1934-1953. Düsseldorf 1986.

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