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Oskar Kokoschka
Job1917

Not on view
Charcoal drawing on pale paper, two nude figures — one standing with head tilted back, one seated on the ground — beneath a large tree with a bird overhead, rendered in loose gestural strokes
Charcoal or crayon drawing with energetic, gestural strokes; three figures in an interior setting — a kneeling woman in a dress at left, a seated older figure at right, and a small child between them; monochromatic with heavy hatched shading; initials "OK" visible at lower right.
Charcoal or lithographic sketch of a standing figure raising an object overhead while a second figure crouches low on the ground; loose, vigorous hatching fills the background, with a barred window at upper left.
Charcoal or chalk drawing with vigorous cross-hatching; two rotund figures in loose clothing and rounded hats leaning toward each other in an interior setting, a smaller crouching figure between them at bottom center.
Charcoal or lithograph sketch, a seated figure leaning forward at left, with a dog or small animal in the foreground, and a lit candle on a surface in the background; executed in loose, energetic crosshatching.
Charcoal or lithographic sketch with vigorous, expressive mark-making depicting three figures in an interior: a standing woman in period dress at left, a kneeling or crouching central figure with raised fist, and a third figure in the background with one hand raised.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing with energetic, expressive mark-making; three figures grouped together—a standing lightly clothed figure at left, a central figure holding a skull, and a seated figure in a top hat at right with one arm raised.
Lithograph or charcoal sketch of two seated figures facing each other, rendered in loose, gestural black lines with vigorous hatching in the background; a smaller figure or child appears between them at lower left.
Lithograph with energetic, gestural strokes depicting two figures in dynamic motion, one wearing a hat at left, the other with an arm raised at right, surrounded by heavy diagonal hatching in black and white.
Charcoal or ink sketch with loose, gestural linework depicting three figures outdoors; two seated centrally face each other while a smaller standing figure approaches from the left, with a dog and additional figure sketched at right.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing with vigorous, expressive linework depicting a cluster of figures: a seated figure holds a limp body across their lap, while two crouching figures and a large bird crowd the foreground, all set against a sketched architectural background.
Black ink drawing with loose, expressive linework. A figure in top hat leans over a prone figure on the ground; a group of men in top hats and period clothing stands in the background. A church building and crosses are visible at right.
Lithograph with loose, gestural linework depicting three figures in close grouping: a seated man at left facing a standing figure whose back is turned, with a third crouching figure at lower right.
Ink drawing with expressive, gestural line work; a figure kneels over a prone body in the foreground while three hatted figures stand or sit in the shadowed background.

Oskar Kokoschka, Adam and Eve, 1916-1917, 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
Job
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1917
Medium
Printed material and fourteen lithographs on Old Stratford paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 17 5/8 x 12 5/16 in. (44.8 x 31.3 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
83.1.126a-n
Classification
Books
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

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