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Besieged Fortress from Hindemith-Kokoschka Opera, "Murder, Hope of Women" (Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen)

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Ludwig Sievert
1887-1966

Besieged Fortress from Hindemith-Kokoschka Opera, "Murder, Hope of Women" (Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen)

1922
17 3/16 x 22 5/16 inches (437 x 567 mm)
Watercolor and charcoal on paper.
1982.75:622

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
Kokoschka first wrote this expressionist opera as a one-act play and it was presented in the Albert Theatre, Dresden, with Kokoschka's design.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "L. Sievert, 1922".
Classification
Century Drawings