Oskar Kokoschka - Head from an old Tapestry 1945 (painted in London), colored pencils on paper, cutout of a passe-partout: 36,5 x 26 cm, signed and dated on the lower right with a dedication to Mrs. Ludmila Pospisilova: Für meine liebe Frau Lida For my dear Mrs. Lida after a Flemish curtain - behind which a god is watching with love Oskar 45 Provenance: personal gift of Oskar Kokoschka to Lida Pospisilova, grandmother of Olda Palkovska-Kokoschka Publicated: - Karel Bretislav Palkovsky Oskar Kokoschka, edited Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1958, reproduced on full page no. 62 Consulted with Dr Katharina Erling, author of the Catalogue raisonée of the Works of Oskar Kokoschka published by the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Vevey (CH). Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery thanks Dr Erling for help cataloging this work. Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.