THE COLLECTION
Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)
Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat
- Date:
- 1909
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 30 1/8 x 53 5/8" (76.5 x 136.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich
- Reference:
- Johann Winkler and Katharina Erling, Oskar Kokoschka, die Gemälde, 1906-1929 (Salzburg: Verlag Galerie Welz, 1995), cat. 35, as "Hans und Erika Tietze, 1909."
- MoMA Number:
- 651.1939
- Themes:
- Portraits
- Techniques:
- Painting
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
The Tietzes were socially prominent art historians. The attention Kokoschka gave to their nervous, sensitive hands is a clue to the characters of the two, whom the artist described as "closed personalities so full of tension."