Lot 623
  • 623

Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-1980

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Description

  • Oskar Kokoschka
  • walter hasenclever (brustbild nach links) (wingler & welz 118)
  • Lithograph, 1918, signed and dated in pencil (somewhat rubbed), from the edition of 50 (there were a further 25 impressions on Japan), published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1918, on wove paper, with margins, a few small rubbed foxmarks at left edges, a soft fold across upper left corner, minor handling creases below
  • Sheet 690x532mm.; 27 1/8 x21in.

Catalogue Note

With pencil inscription verso
For my beloved, the happiest couple Menuhin with all my love and thanks for the human athmosphere 4.8.69 yours gratefully OKokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka met the German poet Walter Hasenclever (1890-1940) in the Dresden sanatorium Weisser Hirsch in 1916. An engaged pacifist he is considered as one of the most representative expressionist playwriters.