OSKAR KOKOSCHKA 1886-1980
Pochlarn 1886-1980 Schweinfurt (Austrian)
Title: Propylaea II, from: Homage to Hellas Volume II | Propylaen II, aus der Serie Bekenntnis zu Hellas II, 1961-62
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Wove Paper
Paper size: 53 x 66 cm. / 21 x 26 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "O Kokoschka" in the lower left image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil “39/65” at the lower right image.
This lithograph was printed by Fritz Lindau at Griffelkunst, Hamburg and published by Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London in a limited edition of 65 impressions in 1964
Another impression of this subject can be found in the collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Note:
Between 1st October and 24th November 1961, Oskar Kokoschka went on a journey through Greece. On this journey he travelled through the modern and ancient cities of Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Sparta, Cape Sounion and the island of Aegina. Despite the artist’s frequent travels, the impact of Greece was stronger than any of his other journeys, he recalled, “Greece is for all of us an ideal like the Garden of Eden. Why? Perhaps because it was there that man realised best what it is to be human”.
Literature: Wingler, M. & Welz, F. (1975). Oscar Kokoschka: Das DruckGraphische Werk. Salzburg: Verlag Galerie Welz.
Reference Wingler & Welz 266.
Condition: Excellent condition. Pale staining at the sheet edges.