The Pleading (Die Flehende), from O Eternity—thou thundering word (O Ewigkeit—du Donnerwort), Bach Cantata (Bachkantate) series / Oskar Kokoschka
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.121
- Title
- The Pleading (Die Flehende), from O Eternity—thou thundering word (O Ewigkeit—du Donnerwort), Bach Cantata (Bachkantate) series
- Artist
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Artist Nationality
- Austrian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886 - 1980
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on laid cream paper mounted on cardboard
- Object Creation Date
- 1914
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Austria (nation)
- Vienna state (state)
- Vienna (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Austria (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Vienna state (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Vienna (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism
- Inscription
- Signed on stone by artist, bottom right: OK
- Print signed by artist in pencil, bottom right: Oskar Kokoschka
- Inscribed in bottom right corner: 39
- Dimensions
- 54.7 cm x 40.8 cm (21 9/16 in. x 16 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- black and white print
- Physical Description
- In the foreground, illuminated white, a woman, her long hair hanging down her back, kneels and gazes upward, her arms extended in front of her, her hands pointing skyward. The sky is nearly all dark, with a full moon appearing in the center top of the image.
- Subject Matter
- A woman on knees looks up into, pleads, with the heavens. She is illuminated by moonlight, with a full moon appearing in the topmost sky. From an illustration series for Bach's Cantata, with Alma Mahler serving as model.
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- earth sciences concepts
- figures
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- moons
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- praying
- scientific concepts
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2899 x 3851
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.121
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.121/2007_2_121.jpg
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"The Pleading (Die Flehende), from O Eternity—thou thundering word (O Ewigkeit—du Donnerwort), Bach Cantata (Bachkantate) series; Oskar Kokoschka." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.121/2007_2_121.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
