Flute Player and Bats. Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, No. 73, 1907

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

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

Flute Player and Bats. Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, No. 73
1907

Color lithograph on cardboard

14.1×9 cm

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 comprised 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

Design: Oskar KokoschkaGND
Execution: Wiener WerkstätteGND

Title

Flute Player and Bats. Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, No. 73

Date

1907

Art movement

Wiener Werkstätte

Category

Graphic work

Material/technique

Color lithograph on cardboard

Dimensions

14.1×9 cm

Signature

Monogrammed: OK

Credit line

Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5968

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.

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