Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)

Rooster Kicking a Hen (Hahn, eine Henne tretend) (frontispiece) from Geh, mach die Tür zu, es zieht! (Close the Door, Will You, There Is a Draft!)

Date:

1926 (executed 1925/26)

Medium:

One from an illustrated book with two drypoints

Dimensions:

plate: 4 3/8 x 5 3/8" (11.1 x 13.6 cm); page: 13 1/2 x 9 9/16" (34.3 x 24.3 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid (Zanders).

Publisher:

Johannes Presse, Vienna

Printer:

Rudolf Lauterbach, Vienna

Edition:

33 (including 4 signed and numbered 1-4 with supplementary suite of trial proofs on Japan paper and 29 signed and numbered 5-33 [this ex.])

Credit Line:

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Arntz 152. Wingler & Welz 167.

MoMA Number:

271.1952.1

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Intaglio