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Oskar Kokoschka
Murder of a Woman, study for "Murderer, Hope of Women"circa 1908-1909

Not on view
Drawing in ink and color washes on off-white paper, two loosely rendered figures — a large muscular man with raised fist and a smaller figure below with open mouth — with a tan dog walking in the lower portion
Artist or Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Austria, also active Germany, United States, and England, 1886-1980
Title
Murder of a Woman, study for "Murderer, Hope of Women"
Place Made
Austria, Vienna
Date Made
circa 1908-1909
Medium
Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (30.8 x 25.72 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.85
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1886-1980). [Karl & Faber, Munich]; purchased 12 November 1980 (lot 1456) by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Benson, Timothy O. and Andrea Gyorody. A New Generation of Creators: Selections from The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.