Selbstbildnis von zwei Seiten. 1923.
Lithograph in colors.
Wingler/Welz 163. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 66 copies. On off-white laid paper. Ca. 62 x 46 cm (24.4 x 18.1 in). Sheet: 71 x 53 cm (28 x 20,9 in).
Printed by Pan-Presse, Berlin, and published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin. [CH].
• From the acclaimed Serge Sabarsky Collection.
• The only copy ever offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• In an unusual and inventive manner, Kokoschka uses blank parts and dark colors for his play of light and shade.
• In a slightly modified variant and with text, the self-portrait was used for the poster of the comprehensive Kokoschka exhibition at the Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, Zürich the same year.

PROVENANCE: Serge Sabarsky Collection (1912-1996), New York (acquired around 1993).
Serge Sabarsky Estate, New York (1996).
Vally Sabarsky Collection (1909-2002), New York.
Vally Sabarsky Foundation, New York.

EXHIBITION: Oskar Kokoschka. Die frühen Jahre, Ulmer Museum, Ulm, June 12 - August 14, 1994, cat. no. 93.
Oskar Kokoschka. Wczesne lata, Miedzynarodowe Centrum Kultury, Cracow, Ocotber 6 - November 27, 1994, Gornoslaska Macierz Kultury, Katowice, December 19, 1994 to January 29, 1995, cat. no. 101.
Oskar Kokoschka. Die frühen Jahre, Städtische Galerie Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, February 19 - May 11, 1997, cat. no. 103.
Oskar Kokoschka. Peintures et oeuvres sur papier (Vienna 1906 - Paris 1931), Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Paris, December 29, 1998 to March 7, 1999, cat. no. 96 (with colro illu.).

LITERATURE: Hans M. Wingler and Friedrich Welz, Oskar Kokoschka. Das druckgraphische Werk, Salzburg 1975, p. 145, cat. no. 163 (with color illu., p. 144).
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 300th auction, Modern Art, June 10, 1993, lot 491 (with color illu., plate 65).