Portrait of Dr. Viktor Ritter von Bauer (1886–1939)

Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)

1912–14

Medium/TechniqueBlack crayon and graphite pencil on brown wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 42.8 x 33.9 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Credit LineVirginia Herrick Deknatel Purchase Fund

Accession number2006.1233

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ClassificationsDrawings

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InscriptionsIn graphite, l.r.: OK; in black crayon, l.r.: O Kokoschka

ProvenanceJune 14, 1967, anonymous sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, lot 7602. June 13-15, 1968, anonymous sale, Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, lot 506. By 1971, Ruth Pinaski Green (d. 1983) and Milton Green (b. 1913 - d. 2005), Boston; 2005, to the estate of Milton Green. Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß, Berlin. 2006, Lutz Riester, Freiburg; 2006, sold by Riester to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2006)

NOTE: Sold in 1967 and 1968 as a portrait of Arthur Rössler.