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The Three Wise Men. Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, No. 155, 1908

Leopold Museum,
Vienna © Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Bildrecht,
Vienna 2022
Color lithograph on cardboard
14×9.1 cm

Artists

  • Oskar Kokoschka

    (Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Montreux)

  • Wiener Werkstätte
Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Already during his studies at the School of Arts and Crafts, Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) was given the opportunity to work for the Wiener Werkstätte. At the behest of his professor Carl Otto Czeschka (1878–1960), Kokoschka – along with his fellow student Rudolf Kalvach (1883–1932) – participated from the summer semester of 1907 in the design of artists’ postcards Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, which were sold at the Wiener Werkstätte’s salesroom on Graben that had opened in the autumn of 1907. The repertoire of motifs used by Kokoschka comprises fairytale-like figures, grotesque animals and mythical creatures. His depictions are strongly influenced by folk art and are characterized by a naive-childlike style. 16 of Kokoschka’s 22 drafts went into production.

AS, 2021

Object data

Artist/author
  • Oskar Kokoschka
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
The Three Wise Men. Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, No. 155
Date
1908
Art movement
Wiener Werkstätte
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Color lithograph on cardboard
Dimensions
14×9.1 cm
Signature
Monogrammed: OK
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5969
Inventory access
Accession 2016 2017
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).
  • Alfred Weidinger/Alice Strobl: Oskar Kokoschka. Die Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1897–1916, Salzburg 2008.
  • 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
  • Weidinger/Strobl 2008: 125
  • Wingler/Welz 1975: 16
Keywords
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2017)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Kaufvertrag vom 23.01.2017

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