Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)

Self-Portrait with Menacing Death (Selbstbildnis mit dem drohenden Tod) (plate, folio 4) from Ann Eliza Reed

Author:

The artist

Date:

1952

Medium:

Lithograph from an illustrated book with eleven lithographs (including front cover)

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 5 1/2 x 7 9/16" (13.9 x 19.2 cm); page: 10 1/4 x 9 5/8" (26 x 24.5 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Maximilian-Presse, Hamburg

Printer:

Richard von Sichowsky, Hamburg, Paul Wunderlich, Hamburg

Edition:

Illustrated book: 660 [this ex.]; plus special edition of suite of 11 hors-texte lithographs, signed, on Zanders-"Bütten": 10

Credit Line:

The Louis E. Stern Collection

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich

Reference:

Raabe 166-9. Wingler & Welz 190.

MoMA Number:

864.1964.3

Themes:

Death, Literary Subjects, Portraits

Techniques:

Lithography