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Claire Waldoff. Page from the Portfolio Menschenköpfe [Human Heads], 1916

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Lithograph on paper
42×30.3 cm

Artists

  • Oskar Kokoschka

    (Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Montreux)

  • Verlag der Sturm / Berlin
Unfortunately not on display at the moment
In 1916, Herwarth Walden’s (1878−1941) publishing company Der Sturm issued the portfolio Menschenköpfe [Human Heads], containing 15 etchings based on drawings by Oskar Kokoschka, some of which had also been reproduced in Walden’s magazine of the same name. The portraits show the protagonists of Modernism as well as loyal companions of the artist.
Claire Waldoff (1884–1957) was a Berlin-based performing artist who specialized in cabaret. Her career peaked in the 1920s, when she was among the best-known women in Berlin. With the rise of National Socialism, her career suffered. In December 1916, Kokoschka’s portrait of the artist was published on the cover of the magazine Der Sturm and shortly thereafter included in the portfolio released by the publishing company of the same name.

AS, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
  • Oskar Kokoschka
  • Verlag der Sturm / Berlin
Title
Claire Waldoff. Page from the Portfolio Menschenköpfe [Human Heads]
Date
1916
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
42×30.3 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 6578 18
Inventory access
Accession 2021
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).
Keywords
woman/girlportraitDer Sturmhead (fem.)journal/magazineperformer/artist (non-working)portrait of actor/actress

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Provenance

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Leopold Museum i

Auktion: 07.05.2021, Dorotheum Wien, Druckgrafik und Editionen, Los Nr. 33; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatsiftung, Wien (seit 2021)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung vom 07.05.2021

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woman/girlportraitDer Sturmhead (fem.)journal/magazineperformer/artist (non-working)portrait of actor/actress

2023/2024 Partial funding for digitization by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport „Kulturerbe digital“ as part of NextGenerationEU.