Die Träumenden Knaben

1908

Oskar Kokoschka

Associated Names
Oskar Kokoschka

Artist, Austrian, 1886 - 1980

The image features an abstract composition with a central small square panel depicting three stylized human-like figures standing upright with arms raised amidst a series of wavy lines. The abstract figures are standing on a triangular pattern with a striped design resembling a stylized fish or boat. The background canvas is textured and neutral, providing a rugged contrast to the bold, black lines and figures in the smaller image panel, giving the impression of an ancient or tribal artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 10 lithographic illustrations (8 in color) on wove paper; 1 lithographic label on cover

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.3 × 29.8 × 1.1 cm (9 9/16 × 11 3/4 × 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.106.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collector's stamp: EF circled (Lugt undescribed). (Sims Reed Rare Books, London, 101 Rare Books, no. 46); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1961

  • Garvey, Eleanor, M. The Artist and the Book, 1860 - 1960, In Western Europe and the United States. Boston, 1961: no. 147.

Inscriptions

in graphite upper left inside upper cover: 558 ss / OXIIX; bottom right circled: 10, xix; upper right first free endpaper: (not deciphered) (D?)XIIX / 4141; titlepage upper left: with memories of xmas in Burkowine

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