About this artwork
Kokoschka worked in the style of the Viennese Art Noveau, or Jugendstil (Youth Style), in which artists sought to disassociate with so-called high art and focus on decorative arts, printmaking, and the book arts. Kokoschka illustrated several books: shown here is a scene from Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the story of a shipwrecked sailor stranded on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. Although the book was intended for adults, Kokoschka’s illustration resembles one from a children’s book, with its thick black lines and bold colors. The crowded, shallow space in the composition reflects the anxiety Crusoe feels, as he is trapped in the strange, dreamlike world of the island.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Oskar Kokoschka
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Title
- Dream Vision
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Place
- Austria (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1908–1909
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Medium
- Pen and black ink, with watercolor and red gouache, over graphite, on tan wove paper
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed recto, lower right, in brush and black ink: "OK"; upper center on mount, in graphite (inverted): "277 334 w / IV"; verso, lower left, in graphite: "D. Künstler"; lower center, in graphite: "Chiner [?] Alle 31 / 5 /…/ moza" [?]
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Dimensions
- 22.8 × 17.9 cm (9 × 7 1/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 2013.964
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Copyright
- © 2018 Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zurich
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