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Hckcuhka
Portraits

and Figure Drawings

NC245

.K568
A4
1996

47 Works

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KOKOSCHKA
Portraits

and Figure Drawings

47 Works

Oskar Kokoschka

DOVER

PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Mineola, New York

PUBLISHER'S MOTE
Oskar KOKOSCHKA

was an important
is best remembered as one of the
chief twentieth-century artists of the German-speaking countries. Sometimes
considered to be the greatest draftsman among them, he produced a huge number
(1886-1980), born in Pochlarn, Austria,

writer of avant-garde plays and a set designer, but

of drawings

in

many media,

largely as studies for paintings and illustrations. After

long years in Vienna, his colorful career, checkered by

exile, led

him

to reside in Dresden, Prague,

and Villeneuve, Switzerland.

British subject in 1947)

themes,

human

causes celebres

London

(he

and

political

was naturalized

Among

as a

his varied artistic

subject matter predominates: figure painting and a very penetrat-

ing psychoanalytical portraiture. In

called "city portraits."

The

fact,

even his famous

city scapes

have been

present volume, including 47 great drawings, concen-

on figure studies and portraits.

from the Klimt- and Schiele-like studies of 1906 to the
magnificently free and un trammeled style of 1969, these drawings include a study
for the famous lithograph cycle Die trdutnenden Knaben (The Dreaming Boys) and a

trates entirely

Ranging

in date

sketch for an Odyssey illustration.

The selection features several highly instructive

made numerous drawings of single sitters in

long sequences in which Kokoschka

rapid succession, tirelessly striving to capture the essence of their personalities. In

some of his late works the artist achieves especially magical effects of luminosity
by a skillful mixture of media, but in all periods his line is a faithful servant of his
highly individual vision.

A few of the illustrations have been placed somewhat out of chronological order
to achieve a

more

desirable visual sequence.

Copyright

Copyright

1996 by Dover Publications, Inc.

American and International Copyright Conventions.

All rights reserved under Pan

Bibliographical Note

Kokoschka

Portraits

and Figure Drawings: 47 Works

is

new work,

first

published by Dover

Publications, Inc., in 1996.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886Kokoschka drawings 47 works / Oskar Kokoschka.

cm.
p.
ISBN 0-486-29297-5 (pbk.)
1. Kokoschka. Oskar, 1886Themes, motives.
.

NC245.K568A4

I.

Title.

1996

741.942 dc20

96-5411

CIP

NC245

.K56B

1996

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The

conjurer's daughter; study for the lithographic cycle Die traumenden Knaben (The

Boys). Pencil.

47 x 31.5 cm. 1906-07.

Dreaming

Stiul\

for the

crematorium in Breslau (now TOodaw) Charcoal 32 x 45 cm.

l
l

H>*>-10.

Seated nude

girl

with knees drawn up.

Pencil, watercolor

and opaque white. 44.5 x 31.5 cm. 1907.

+fcir4or**k\
Portrait

of an unknown man. Chalk 43 X 34 cm.

l
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M2.

t*

rOP: Seated female

nude with

raised arms. Pencil. 35

x 26 cm. 1909-10. BOTTOM: Squatting

in Breslau. Charcoal. Dimensions

female nude with raised arms; study for the crematorium

unavailable. Inscribed

by

artist:

"This

is

an original from

my

youth (1908-10?)."

he actress lun Senders.

Medium

and dimensions unavailable. Ca. N12.

Three views of

nude Savoyard boy. Chalk and watercolor. Clockwise from upper

44 X 32 cm; 40 x 31 cm; dimensions unavailable. 1912.

left:

Woman

leaning on her elbow. C'lulk and watercalar. 30.7

x 43 cm.

1913

The German

writer Mcchthild Lichnowski. Charcoal. 30 X 21 cm. 1W>.

10

The Austrian

Expressionist writer Albert Ehrenstein. Pencil. 46.5 x

33cm. Ca. N14.

Self-portrait. Charcoal.

44 x 32 cm.

1917.

11

12

Standing female mule. India

ink. u\

41

cm. Ca.

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4]

Ottilie

Eichclkamp of Cologne, the bride of Dr.

unavailable. Inscribed: "In

memory of friend

Fritz

Neubcrger. Charcoal

(?).

<*<-* r-

Dimensions

Otti as a bride." Dated January 31, 1918.

13

Jk

14

Norbcrt Wicn. Pencil.

71.1

X 49.5 Cm.

Inscribed:

"To

my

friend Norbert \\ lcn ."

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l

>20.

Standing female nude. Brush, India ink. 56.5 x 37.7 cm. 1920s.

15

16

["he

Viennese publisher Richard

Snyi

Chalk. 53.1

41

cm. Ca.

1921.

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In

"

"
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Wlsifflky
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Schmidt, Minister of Public Worship and Education. Green chalk. 55 x 35.4 cm. Inscribed: "In
memory of the evening at Your Excellences with Abdullah Bey / Grosser Garten [Dresden],

June

3,

1921."

17

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Edith Rosenheim. Charcoal. 65.5

IS

Benario on the

x 48 cm, Inscribed: "For Ins deai and good

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_occasion of his visit to Dresden."
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friend

Hugo

Anna and

the

embassy

secretary; illustration for

Der

Unentritmbare (The Inescapable

Victor Dirsztay. Brush, India ink. 49.7 x 22.8 cm. 1923.

Man) by
19

2d

otte

Mandcl recumbent Chalk. 47.2 x 65

cm. 1923-24.

Lotte

Mandel with necklace and turban.

Pencil.

29 X 23 cm. Inscribed:

1923-24.

"My

baby

Lotte.
21

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22

otte

Mandd

with

.1

hat. Ptncil.

28 x 22.5 cm. Inscribed: "Lotto, springtime

lamb." 1923-24.

Mrs. Merson

seated.

Medium

and dimensions unavailable.

1931.

23

24

Mrs. Mcrson. Red chalk. 45 X 56 cm.

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Mrs. Merson clasping her

left leg.

Red

chalk. 56.5

x 44 cm.

1931.

25

26

Trudl. Chalk. 50

x 35.5 cm.

1931.

Trudl. Charcoal. 33

x 48.5 cm.

1931.

27

'/'-

2K

Trudl resting her

dun on

her hands. IViKil. 33.5

41.8 cm. 1931.

'

Trudl. Chalk. 49.5

x 35 cm.

1931.

29

'

"

he
1

30

now young

lady," Paris. Chalk. 35

x 49 cm. Inscribed "For Erno with

ribbon." 1933.

the rcd-and-wbite

'The new young lady" showing her

left

hand. Chalk. 35 x 49 cm. 1933.

31

M.*#*tJtJt*,

32

"The new young lady" with her

left

forearm raised. Chalk. Dimensions unavailable. 1933.

Self-portrait.

Brush, India ink. 18.9 x 16.1 cm. Inscribed: "To Balintjeno with
her O.K." 1934.

real love

from
33

fltf*J

34

Mother Gubler. Colored chalks. 75 x 59 cm. Inscribed: "Mother Gubler ai

drawn tor him by Oskai Kokoschka, Sept 1952."

82, for her son Fntz;

Minona

I.

Black and colored chalks. 38 x 28.2 cm. 1944.

35

.V)

Tanja with Iwr

left

forearm

raised.

Chalk.

(><>

x 47.5 cm. 1962

\\
Vcska. Chalk. 58.5

x 45.5 cm.

1964.

37

v b

38

Odysseus with dog and hedgehog. Brush,

India ink. 56.5

\ 39 cm. 1965.

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f

The Russian

pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Charcoal. 51

Beethoven

OK

Sept. 2

41.2 cm. Inscribed: "Richter

Sept. 3, [19)65."

39

40

Isotta.

Chalk. 63 x 46.5 cm. 1965.

Thomas Neurath.

Chalk. 66 x 51 cm. 1969.

41

42

\\. iltcr

Friedlander. Chalk. 44.5 X

34.5cm. \'h^

M1
Colonel

Norman

x 49.9 cm. Inscribed

Norman." Dated October 3, 1969.

Colville. Chalk. 64.8

(fK *#\i

in English:

"My

beloved
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leading figure in Austro-German Expressionism, Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)

was strongly influenced by the Vienna Secession, in particular the work of Klimt.
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This volume contains a rich selection of 47 of Kokoschka's finest drawings,

concentrating entirely on figure studies and portraits. Ranging in date from the
Klimt- and Schiele-like studies of 1906 to the magnificently free and untrammeled
style of 1969, the drawings include a study for the famous lithograph cycle Die
trdumenden Knaben (The Dreaming Boys) and a sketch for an Odyssey illustration.
Also included are several highly instructive long sequences in which Kokoschka
made numerous drawings of single sitters in rapid succession, tirelessly striving to
capture the essence of their personalities.

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works are the nervous

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a

flowing line and

work. Now admirers of
Kokoschka and any lover of modern art or Expressionism can enjoy this
inexpensive treasury of superb drawings by one of the century's greatest masters.

Evident

in all these

intensity, virtuosic

sensitivity to his subject that characterize the artist's finest

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Original Dover (1996) publication. 47 black-and-white drawings. Introduction.

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