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Oskar Kokoschka
The bound Columbus1920-1921

Not on view
Print portrait of a head in three-quarter view, rendered in loose, overlapping black lines on pale paper, with dense hatching around the eyes and nose
Charcoal or lithograph drawing with expressive, gestural marks. A standing figure in the foreground bends over a slumped figure, connected by chains. Armed figures appear in the background alongside a circular symbol. Monochromatic with dense, vigorous linework. Initialed "OK" at lower center.
Lithograph depicting two figures in dynamic struggle amid a jagged outdoor setting, rendered in energetic, gestural black marks with angular hatching; a crescent moon visible in the upper background.
Ink drawing with energetic, expressive linework depicting multiple human figures in contorted poses amid a chaotic, ruined landscape; a standing figure raises one arm at right, while others appear fallen or crouching at lower left; sketchy industrial structures visible in the background; monogram 'AK' at lower right.
Charcoal or lithograph sketch of two figures; one reclines while another leans over them with a raised hand, rendered in loose, vigorous cross-hatched strokes on white ground. Monogram 'OK' visible at lower right.
Charcoal or graphite sketch of two robed figures seated facing each other, both with raised hands in a gestural exchange, set against a sparse landscape with bare trees and a crescent moon, rendered in loose expressive line work.
Lithograph with vigorous hatched linework depicting three figures in an interior setting; a standing central figure faces a seated figure at left, while a third partially visible figure appears at right amid dark gestural marks.
Lithograph with loose, gestural linework depicting a large reclining figure in the foreground, a smaller seated figure below, dynamic forms suggesting riders on horseback in the middle ground, conifer trees at left, and a crescent moon at upper right.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of two standing figures rendered with loose, gestural linework; one lightly sketched nude figure at left with arms outstretched, a second more heavily shaded clothed figure at right, set against roughly drawn rocky foliage.
Lithograph or charcoal drawing of a reclining nude figure rendered in loose, gestural black lines with energetic cross-hatching, the body depicted in a curled, compressed pose against a light background.
Ink and charcoal sketch of two figures: one seated upright with one arm raised, long hair, and draped clothing; the other reclines horizontally below, partially obscured by fabric. Loose, gestural linework on white ground.
Artist or Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Title
The bound Columbus
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1920-1921
Medium
Twelve lithographs on J. W. Zanders paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.33a-l
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.