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“The Three Coffins”, c. 1923

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Watercolor on paper
30.6×30.9 cm

Artists

  • Alfred Kubin

    (Litoměřice 1877–1959 Zwickledt)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Object data

Artist/author
  • Alfred Kubin
Title
“The Three Coffins”
Date
c. 1923
Art movement
Surrealism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
30.6×30.9 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: AKubin; designated lower centre: Die drei Särge; bez. li. u.: 57 [?] Leichenhalle; paper embossing stamp: aWk
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 816
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
man/boyself-portraitdeathtransiencewoman/girlself-portrait of artistheadcoffinhands foldedarchitectural detailarch/archivolt

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, München (1959);
Dr. Walter Kropatschek, Helgoland (1959-1979); (1)
Auktion: 21.06.1979, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Auktion 169, Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Los Nr. 673
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1979-1994); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

  1. Kulturhistorisches Museum Bielefeld, Katalog zu “Alfred Kubin zum 100. Geburtstag”, Bielefeld 1977, S. 27, Nr. 25; E-mail Dr. Jochen Rath an Dr. Alfred Fehringer (LMPS) vom 22.02.2022.
  2. Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Katalog zur 169. Auktion, Los Nr. 673 (Los bestand aus zwei Blättern); Rechnung Galerie Kornfeld vom 20.06.1979

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