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

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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: 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.
Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
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.
Copyright: © Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Vevey / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / PROLITTERIS, Switzerland

Not on view

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: 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.
Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
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.