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Oskar Kokoschka
In praise of higher reason1917

Not on view
Ink drawing on pale paper, two figures in a struggling composition — a crouching nude male with arms raised in chains and a small horned figure above, rendered in rapid gestural strokes
Ink drawing of a winged figure resting on a rocky outcrop, with rapid gestural linework and cross-hatching; a large circular form rises behind the figure against a plain white ground.
Ink drawing with loose, gestural linework depicting a winged figure leaning over a recumbent infant or small child, with cross shapes sketched in the background at right; monogram initials at lower left.
Ink drawing with loose, gestural linework; a robed figure seated on a raised platform holds a wand or rod extended toward a crouching figure on the ground below; initials 'OR' visible at lower left.
Oskar Kokoschka, In praise of higher reason
Ink drawing on gray paper, a robed figure holding a staff gestures toward a group of four smaller figures in dynamic poses, rendered with loose, energetic line work and cross-hatching. Initials visible at lower left.

Oskar Kokoschka, Only the rope is necessary, 1917, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Title
In praise of higher reason
Place Made
Germany, Leipzig
Date Made
1917
Medium
Printed material and six lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 13 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 3/8 in. (34.29 × 26.04 × 0.95 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.756a-f
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Wingler, Hans Maria; Welz, Friedrich. O. Kokoschka: das druckgraphische Werk. Salzburg: Verlag Galerie Welz, 1975.
Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Vevey / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / PROLITTERIS, Switzerland