Colored chalk
Monogrammed, dated "Athen 1961" as well as with a personal dedication. On paper (with perforated lower edge). 34,3 x 24,6 cm (13,5 x 9,6 in), size of sheet
Very nice color chalk drawing of an ancient motif in a confident line handling. The drawing was made after a sculpture in the Athens NAtional Museum, which Kokoschka visited while on a journey in late fall in 1961. In the following he also made 2 lithographs with the same title, released in the portfolio "Bekenntnis zu Hellas", published by Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London 1964 (cf. Wingler/Welz 251 and 264). [EH].

PROVENANCE: Private collection northern Germany (present from the artist).