Walter Hasenclever

1917

Oskar Kokoschka

Associated Names
Oskar Kokoschka

Artist, Austrian, 1886 - 1980

The image depicts a charcoal portrait of a person's face in a three-quarter view, focusing on the head and neck. The head is slightly tilted to the right, with the gaze directed forward. The facial features include large eyes, high cheekbones, and full lips. The hair is tousled, with dark shading for texture. A garment around the neck is suggested by flowing strokes. There are no visible accessories. The background is plain to highlight the subject's face.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.5 x 36.1 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.38

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wingler/Welz 1975, no. 114, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 76.

Bibliography

1975

  • Wingler, Hans M. and Friedrich Welz. O. Kokoschka, das druckgraphische Werk. Salzburg: Verlag Welz, 1975.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 76.

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: OK; lower right in graphite: Oskar Kokoschka; lower left in graphite: 34/110; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Hasenklever; by later hand, lower center in graphite: [?].40.78; by later hand, lower right in graphite: osssss; by later hand, upper left in graphite: R. y801

Watermarks

Zanders

Wikidata ID

Q75122185

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