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Polperro I
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1886-1980
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Width: 81.6 cm (canvas)
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Another unexpected feature is the over-sized crab in the foreground. Kokoschka saw this creature as a monster representing disaster. Its eerie distortion in an otherwise picturesque image may be an indication of the artist’s growing sense of unease in 1939.
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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
Oskar Kokoschka, Exile and New Homeland 1934-1980, Albertina, Vienna, 04/04/2008-12/07/2008
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
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cat. no. 20
Fig. p. p. 63
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Canberra, 1984
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