Oskar Kokoschka / Commerce Counselor Ebenstein / 1908

Oskar Kokoschka
Commerce Counselor Ebenstein
1908
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Creator Name: Kokoschka, Oskar
Creator Nationality: European; Central European; Austrian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: English; 1886-1980; b. Austria//Austrian; 1886-1980 (++)
Creator Name-CRT: Oskar Kokoschka
Title: Commerce Counselor Ebenstein
Title Type: preferred
Title: Portrait of the Tailor Ebenstein
Title Type: alternate
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1908
Creation End Date: 1908
Creation Date: 1908
Creation Place: Europe,United Kingdom,Great Britain,England
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 1/16 x 31 15/16 in. (101.8 x 81.1 cm)
Inscriptions: Signed lower right: O K
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1956.364
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Winterbotham Collection
Copyright: ? Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich
Rights: http://www.arsny.com
Context: Label copy approved 8/91 by Charlie Stuckey:Oskar KokoschkaBritish (born Austria), 1886-1980; worked in Germany 1916-24, in England 1938-80, and in Switzerland 1953-80; became a British citizen in 1947'Commerce Counselor Ebenstein,' 1908Oil on canvasJoseph Winterbotham Colleciton, 1956.364When he was 21 and just starting to paint, Kokoschka was singled out by the controversial architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933), who arranged for him to do portraits of the elite of Vienna. Kokoschka's second sitter was Commerce Counselor Ebenstein, who was tailor to the Austro-Hungarian court. When Kokoschka saw this portrait during a visit to the Art Institute in 1958, he recalled how his critical lessons in anatomy were learned from Ebenstein.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1956.364
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000

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