Market in Tunis
Maker
(Artists)
1886-1980
1886-1980
Title
Market in Tunis
Date of Production
1928 - 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 86.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 129 cm (canvas)
Width: 129 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.207
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This view of the Place Bab Souika in Tunis was painted from the roof of a greengrocer’s shop. The city’s great domed mosque can be seen at the far left of the work. Kokoschka attempted to achieve a “two focus perspective” in an elliptical horizon, similar to the effect of a wide-angled photographic lens. The foreground gives a sense of the bright colours and ceaseless flow of human activity that so enthralled Kokoschka on his trip through Africa. Recalling his rooftop vantage point, Kokoschka wrote later that after having worked on this canvas for a week “with the painting almost completed, I fell through the roof of the shop, easel and all”.
Provenance
Marcell von Nemes, Munich. Acquired by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) 1930-1945; Princes Gate Bequest 1978.
Exhibition History
Special Display - Oskar Kokoschka: The Prometheus Triptych, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/11/2021-22/09/2022
Special Display - Oskar Kokoschka, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/10/2014-31/01/2015
Oskar Kokoschka - The Sensitive Titan, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 04/10/2013-27/01/2014 ...More
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Kokoschka - Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings in the
Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/09/1992-28/10/1992
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, 12/01/1984-28/02/1984; Kyoto, 03/03/1984-03/04/1984; Osaka, 12/04/1984-08/05/1984; Australia National Gallery, Canberra, 01/06/1984-06/08/1984 ...Less
Special Display - Oskar Kokoschka, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/10/2014-31/01/2015
Oskar Kokoschka - The Sensitive Titan, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 04/10/2013-27/01/2014 ...More
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Kokoschka - Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings in the
Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/09/1992-28/10/1992
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, 12/01/1984-28/02/1984; Kyoto, 03/03/1984-03/04/1984; Osaka, 12/04/1984-08/05/1984; Australia National Gallery, Canberra, 01/06/1984-06/08/1984 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Kokoschka - Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1992
cat. no. 18
Fig. p. p. 59
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Canberra, 1984
Kokoschka - Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1992
cat. no. 18
Fig. p. p. 59
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Canberra, 1984
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