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Oskar Kokoschka
The Chinese wall1914

Not on view
Expressionist lithograph with bold black hatching showing two men in physical struggle, one fallen and one looming over him, with a third figure suspended above and a church silhouetted on a hill in the background
Lithograph with loose, expressive mark-making depicting a group of figures; a seated central figure supports a slumped or reclining figure at left, while two standing figures gesture at right, with architectural elements sketched in the background.
Lithograph with vigorous, gestural draftsmanship depicting a skeletal figure holding a staff or weapon, looming over a robed standing figure and a prostrate figure on the ground, rendered in dark charcoal-like strokes on white ground, with handwritten initials at lower left and lower right.
Lithograph in black and white with vigorous, expressive line work. A standing figure with long hair holds a small form toward a reclining figure at right, who looks upward. A spinning wheel occupies the center foreground. Cursive signature and initials in lower corners.
Lithograph with loose, sketchy linework depicting a full-length figure of a woman walking alongside a child in the foreground, with two smaller figures and tropical foliage in the background. Monochrome gray tones with visible crayon texture.
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework depicting two central standing figures embraced by surrounding crowd; additional figures and an architectural structure with arched windows visible at right; radiating lines in background; stacked rectangular forms at bottom.
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework in black on white. A figure lies reclined in a bed at left, while a crouching figure in a top hat kneels at right, raising a small bottle. A large draped form looms overhead. Cursive signature at lower right and initials at lower left.
Lithograph depicting a crowd of grotesque, contorted figures with exaggerated facial features, densely clustered and rendered in loose, expressive charcoal-like strokes on white paper, with a signature in the lower right.
Artist or Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Title
The Chinese wall
Place Made
Germany, Leipzig
Date Made
1914
Medium
Eight lithographs on simili-Japan paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 18 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (47.94 x 36.83 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.164a-h
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.