id:			304417
accession number:	2017.102
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.102
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:56.858000

Birth of a Child (Geburt eines Kindes), 1914. Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980). Tempera paint and charcoal; 49.4 x 56 cm (19 7/16 x 22 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2017.102 © Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zürich

title:				Birth of a Child (Geburt eines Kindes)
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creation date:			1914
creation date earliest:		1914
creation date latest:		1914
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zürich

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culture:	Austria
technique:	Tempera paint and charcoal
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Austrian
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Strobl & Strobl 802

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CREATORS

* Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)  - artist
Austrian painter and printmaker, 1886-1980
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measurements: 49.4 x 56 cm (19 7/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Lower right: Monogram “OK” in black chalk; verso, inscribed: “Grablegung, Entwurf für Wandgemälde in einem Krematorium / Z36.”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
	opening date:   2018-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kokoschka, Oskar, Alfred Weidinger, and Alice Strobl. Oskar Kokoschka: die Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1897-1916. Salzburg: Galerie Welz, 2008.
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	Kokoschka, Oskar, Alice Strobl, and Alfred Weidinger. Oskar Kokoschka: das Frühwerk (1897/98-1917) : Zeichnungen und Aquarelle. 1994.
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	Peters, Emily J. and Wehn, James. “Acquisition Highlights: Drawings.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 58. no. 2 (March/April 2018): 12-13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 13; Mentioned: P. 12-13.
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	Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 98, no. 10
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