OTAKAR KUBIN*/ OTHON COUBINE* (Boskovice 1883 - 1969 Marseille), Self Portrait, 1917

OTAKAR KUBIN*/ OTHON COUBINE*
(Boskovice 1883 - 1969 Marseille)
Self Portrait, 1917
oil/wood, 33 x 23,8 cm
dated 1917
depicted in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt 1925, vol. 55, S. 279
only known self portrait of the artist, who is also known as Othon Coubine
Provenance: collection Adolphe Basler, Franck Laigneau antiquities Paris, European private collection

ESTIMATE °€ 15.000 - 25.000
START € 13.000

Czech-French painter of the 20th century. Known in France as Othon Coubine. Member of the Prague artists' group The Eight. In 1913 he participated in the first German Autumn Salon in Berlin, exhibited by Herwarth Walden together with Emil Filla, Otto Gutfreund and Vincenc Beneš. From 1912 he lived in France. Friendship with Pablo Picasso. Early influences of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Created in France mainly landscapes, still lifes and portraits in cool, muted colors in the style of New Objectivity.



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