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Oskar Kokoschka
Only the rope is necessary1917

Not on view
Gestural black ink drawing on gray paper, two figures gripping a vertical staff, the larger below straining upward, surrounded by loose hatching and foliage marks

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
Only the rope is necessary
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1917
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.97 × 25.72 cm) Image: 8 × 6 in. (20.32 × 15.24 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
Classification
Prints
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