Self Portrait as a Painter From Two Sides by Oskar Kokoschka

Art work details

Original Title :

Selbstbildnis von zwei Seiten als Maler

Year of production :

1923

Artist:

Oskar Kokoschka

Medium :

Original print, Lithograph

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Dimensions :

height: 127 cms; width: 90 cms

Credit Line :

Purchased from CR Mendez with assistance from the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1966

Copyright :

© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/ DACS 2013.

Tags:

Lithograph, Weimar Republic, Self Portrait, Kokoschka, Poster

Poster for an exhibition of Oskar Kokoschka's work held in Zurich in 1923.

This bold colourful poster, possessing a raw visual energy, announces Kokoschka’s exhibition at the Wolfsberg Art Gallery, Zurich, during September and October 1923.

His face is part bisected by a line, to appear as if captured from two separate perspectives; one, turned to his hand holding the brush; the other with his face turned towards the viewer as if to command his audience to attend the new show.