Die Rettung (The Rescue)

Details

Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Die Rettung (The Rescue)
signed with the initials 'OK' (lower left)
pen and India ink on paper
11 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (28.4 x 28.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1916

Provenance

Galerie Richard Ruberl, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998.

Literature

B. & O. Kokoschka, 'Ein Vorfall', in Der Sturm, vol. 7, no. 8, November 1916, pp. 86-88 (illustrated p. 88).
H. Spielmann, Oskar Kokoschka: Briefe I, 1905-1919, Dusseldorf, 1984, pp. 256-257.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue of works by Oskar Kokoschka being prepared by Dr Alfred Weidinger.

The present work was executed as an illustration for Ein Vorfall (An Incident), a short story written by Oskar Kokoschka's brother Bohuslav Kokoschka in 1916. In November of the same year, Ein Vorfall was published alongside three illustrations by Oskar Kokoschka, including the present work, in Der Sturm, Herwath Walden's seminal magazine devoted to avant-garde art.

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