Tre Croci – Dolomite Landscape, 1913

Leopold Museum Vienna,
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Bildrecht,
Vienna 2022

Tre Croci – Dolomite Landscape
1913

Oil on canvas

80×120.1 cm

Oskar Kokoschka
(Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Montreux)

Currently on display at OG3

In August 1913, Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) and Alma Mahler (1879–1964) took a trip to the South Tyrolean Dolomites. Mahler later wrote in her memoires that their time there had been “devoted exclusively to his work”: “In the morning, we went into the thick forest, in search of the darkest green spots, and in a clearing we came across young horses at play, which instantly enchanted Kokoschka. We had taken his portfolio and crayons along – despite his crippling fear of being alone, he stayed behind, and the ensuing drawings are uniquely beautiful.” Saturated with numerous nuances of green and blue, and enriched in places with purple highlights, the imposing mountain scenery conveys a charged, dramatic impression that is reinforced by a note on a sketch reading “After the thunderstorm”.

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Object data

Artist/author

Oskar KokoschkaGND

Title

Tre Croci – Dolomite Landscape

Date

1913

Art movement

Expressionism

Category

Painting

Material/technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

80×120.1 cm

Signature

Monogrammed lower left: OK

Credit line

Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 624

Inventory access

Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994

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).
Wien 1900. Sammlung Leopold, hrsg. von Diethard Leopold/Peter Weinhäupl, Wien u.a. 2009.
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).
Johann Winkler/Katharina Erling: Oskar Kokoschka. Die Gemälde 1906–1929, Salzburg 1995.
Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Werkkatalog der Gemälde von Oskar Kokoschka, https://www.oskar-kokoschka.ch/de/1020/Online-Werkkatalog.

Catalogue raisonne

Winkler/Erling 1995: 93
oskar-kokoschka.ch: 1913/4

Keywords

landscape representationNaturemountainstreehorsecarriageroad/path

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Provenance

Provenance research
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Ludwig Prager, München (bis 1918);
Neue Staatsgalerie, München (1918-1937);
1937 in der Ausstellung “Entartete Kunst” in München gezeigt und 1940 eingetauscht;
Depot Schloss Schönhausen, Berlin (1937-1941); (1)
Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (1941-1945);
Peter Böhmer, Rostock / Hamburg (1945-1950);
Edgar Horstmann, Hamburg (ab 1950-1966); (2)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (vor 1979-1994); (3)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Online-Werkkatalog, 1913/4 Dolomitenlandschaft Tre Croci
https://mp-ria-45.zetcom.com/MpWeb-apVilleneuveFOK/v?mode=guest (29.10.2018)
Sonja Niederacher, Dossier zu Oskar Kokoschka, Tre Croci – Dolomitenlandschaft, 1913 vom 04.01.2016
Archiv des Leopold Museums, Schreiben von Dr. Rainer Horstmann an Dr. Rudolf Leopold vom 04.05.1979

Decision of the Advisory Board (PDF)

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