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Painting

1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Back-cloth, showing the eight characters, their faces cut out, of Kokoschka's tragicomedy Sphinx und Strohmann, made for a stage production.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Back-cloth for 'Sphinx und Strohmann' by Oskar Kokoschka. Switzerland, 1966.
Physical description
Back-cloth, showing the eight characters, their faces cut out, of Kokoschka's tragicomedy Sphinx und Strohmann, made for a stage production.
Dimensions
  • Height: 176.5cm
  • Width: 226cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1968 London: HMSO 1969
Credit line
Given by the Zürich Werkbühne
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969
Collection
Accession number
P.58-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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