A lithograph showing an abstracted figure playing a flute at the base of a mountain and being surrounded by bats.
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An abstracted figure in green, red, yellow, and black plays a flute in the foreground. Its feet are angled to the left, while the flute is angled to the right. At its feet its left hand side is a bat inside of a cage. Flying around the figure are three bats: two on the left and one on the right. In the distance is a triangular tree and dot lined mountain, two tall trees on either side of the image area, and a green sky filled with a white moon, yellow stars, blue dots, and amorphous black forms.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR59.7
People
Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian (Pöchlarn, Austria 1886 - 1980 Montreux, Switzerland)
Printed by Wiener Werkstätte (1903 - 1932)
Title
Postcard published by the Wiener Werkstätte (Flute Player and Bats)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Flötenspieler und Fledermäuse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1906-1908
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223153

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph in black, blue, yellow, green, and red inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 14.2 x 9.1 cm (5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Louis W. Black
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
BR59.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Hans Maria Wingler and Friedrich Welz, O. Kokoschka: Das druckgraphische Werk, Verlag Galerie Welz (Salzburg, Austria, 1975), no. 6, p. 63

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/22/2015 - 04/05/2016

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