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Katia (Käthe Richter), 1918/19

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Chalk lithograph on paper
74.2×54.1 cm

Artists

  • Oskar Kokoschka

    (Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Montreux)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
The actress Käthe Richter (1893–1969) belonged to the circle of friends and acquaintances surrounding Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) in Dresden and frequently took leading roles in performances of his theatrical plays.
The artist also repeatedly portrayed Richter together with the Expressionist playwright Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940), for instance in Friends or Lovers with Cat. In this composition, Kokoschka shows Richter dressed in a negligee and seated in an armchair. The graphic work was presumably created in the context of the similarly composed painting Katja (1918).

AS, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
  • Oskar Kokoschka
Title
Katia (Käthe Richter)
Date
1918/19
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Chalk lithograph on paper
Dimensions
74.2×54.1 cm
Signature
Monogrammed lower left: OK; signed lower right: Oskar Kokoschka; designated lower left: Katia
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 6408
Inventory access
Accession 2019
Selection of Reference works
  • Wien 1900. Aufbruch in die Moderne, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2019 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, ab 15.03.2019).
  • Oskar Kokoschka. Expressionist, Migrant, Europäer, hrsg. von Cathérine Hug/Heike Eipeldauer, Heidelberg 2018 (Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthaus Zürich, 14.12.2018–10.03.2019; Leopold Museum, Wien, 06.04.2019–08.07.2019).
  • Kokoschka. Das Ich im Brennpunkt, hrsg. von Tobias G. Natter/Franz Smola, Wien 2013 (Ausst. Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 04.10.2013–27.01.2014).
  • Die nackte Wahrheit. Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka und andere Skandale, hrsg. von Tobias G. Natter/Max Hollein, München 2005 (Ausst.-Kat. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 28.01.2005-24.01.2005; Leopold Museum, Wien, 31.05.2005-22.08.2005).
  • Hans Maria Wingler/Friedrich Welz: Oskar Kokoschka. Das druckgraphische Werk, Salzburg 1975.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Wingler/Welz 1975: 133
Keywords
woman/girlportraitsitting figure (fem.)head held in a hand, elbows leaning on elevation/kneessitting with arms/elbows on knees (weibl.)smilingchair

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Galerie Welz, Salzburg (o.D.); (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2019)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Schenkungsvertrag vom 11.11.2019

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woman/girlportraitsitting figure (fem.)head held in a hand, elbows leaning on elevation/kneessitting with arms/elbows on knees (weibl.)smilingchair

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