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”The Oppressive”, 1900/01

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
India ink, pen, watercolor on paper
38.2×30.7 cm 65×50 cm

Artists

  • Alfred Kubin

    (Litoměřice 1877–1959 Zwickledt)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Object data

Artist/author
  • Alfred Kubin
Title
”The Oppressive”
Date
1900/01
Art movement
Symbolism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
India ink, pen, watercolor on paper
Dimensions
38.2×30.7 cm 65×50 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: Alf. Kubin; designated lower left: Das Erdrückende
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 933
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Alfred Kubin. Bekenntnisse einer gequälten Seele, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2022 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 16.04.2022–24.07.2022).
  • Alfred Kubin. Aus meinem Reich. Meisterblätter aus dem Leopold Museum, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold/Romana Schuler, Wien 2002 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 05.10.2002-06.01.2003).
Keywords
man/boymonsterthe (nude) human figure

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Auktion: 05.12.1990, Sotheby’s London, Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolours, Los Nr. 314; (1)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1990-1994); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

  1. Sotheby´s London, Katalog zur Auktion vom 05.12.1990, S. 32, Nr. 314 (Abb.)
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Mag. Andrea Jungmann (Sotheby´s) an Mag. Gabriela Simak (LMPS) vom 21.12.2000

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man/boymonsterthe (nude) human figure

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