Harvard Art Museums > 1955.172: Biarritz Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Biarritz (Oskar Kokoschka) , 1955.172,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/195673. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1955.172 People Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian (Pöchlarn, Austria 1886 - 1980 Montreux, Switzerland) Title Biarritz Other Titles Alternate Title: Biarritz, Strand / Biarritz (der Strand) / Biarritz Beach Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1925 Culture Austrian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/195673 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions sight: 73 × 107.3 cm (28 3/4 × 42 1/4 in.) framed: 99.1 × 128.3 × 3.8 cm (39 × 50 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: O.K. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Cassirer, Amsterdam(1925?-at least 1948); [Buchholz Gallery, New York]; Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., St. Louis, (1951-1955), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955. Note: Records indicate it is likely this painting was stored at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, during World War II, possibly on behalf of Cassirer, who owned it both before and after the occupation of the Netherlands. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Accession Year 1955 Object Number 1955.172 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Austellung Oskar Kokoschka, exh. cat., Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich, Switzerland, 1928), pl. 23, no. 82 Edith Hoffmann, Kokoschka: Life and Work, Faber & Faber (London) (London, England, 1947), reproduced, no. 177 Charles Scott Chetham, [Unidentified article], Fogg Art Museum Annual Report 1955-1956, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1956), p. 52 Charles Scott Chetham, Modern Painting, Drawing & Sculpture: Collected by Louise and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1957), pp. 49-50, fig. 35, ill. (plate section, b/w) Pulitzer Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1957), no. 35 Hans Maria Wingler, Oskar Kokoschka: The Work of the Painter, Verlag Galerie Welz (Salzburg, Austria, 1958), pl. 72, reproduced in b/w Anthony Bosman, Oskar Kokoschka, Barnes and Noble Books (New York, NY, 1964), reproduced in b/w no. 64 Exhibition History Unidentified Exhibition, Paul Cassirer, 1925, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin, 01/01/1925 - 12/31/1925 Austellung Oskar Kokoschka, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, 06/01/1927 - 07/31/1927 Unidentified Exhibition, Mannheim, 1931, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, 01/01/1931 - 12/31/1931 Unidentified Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, 1945, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 01/01/1945 - 12/31/1946 Unidentified Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, 1947, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 Unidentified Exhibition, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1947, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 Unidentified Exhibition, Kunsthalle Basel, 1947, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 Unidentified Exhibition, Venice Biennale, 1948, Venice Biennale 1948, Venice, 01/01/1948 - 12/31/1948 St. Louis Collects, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 04/07/1952 - 05/05/1952 Unidentified Exhibition, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1954, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 01/01/1954 - 12/31/1954 Unidentified Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1954, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 01/01/1954 - 12/31/1954 Modern Painting Drawing and Sculpture Collected by Louise and Joseph Pulitzer Jr, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 04/09/1957 - 05/04/1957; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1957 - 09/15/1957 Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu